Phillip de Wet | More than ever, SAA is essential infrastructure, no matter how expensive
Skip the debate and just take out the chequebook, because in this day and age, South Africa needs a national airline, writes Phillip de Wet.
Phillip de Wet | Happy birthday, Zimbabwe. Nobody cares about you
Zimbabwe is not on the global radar, but it can be, writes Phillip de Wet.
Phillip de Wet | The oil price can come down again. Other war costs won’t for a generation
The entire world will, for the foreseeable future, pay a new set of taxes because America took the lid off the Middle East, writes Phillip de Wet.
Phillip de Wet | One lesson from Iran is that the US still wins in the air
The quick achievement of US-Israeli air supremacy in Iran has implications well beyond this war, and for countries as removed from it as South Africa, writes Phillip de Wet.
Phillip de Wet | The water crisis was never a secret – you just didn’t want to know
That the water crisis didn’t get proper attention more than a decade ago is the fault of neither the experts nor the messengers, writes Phillip de Wet.
Phillip de Wet | How do you solve a problem like democracy?
UK liberals are trying to pre-empt Reform UK taking control of the BBC, and find themselves facing a fundamental problem, writes Phillip de Wet.
Phillip de Wet | South Africa needs to cut Iran loose. China will understand
South Africa cannot cave to US pressure, but Iran has murdered its way to moral unacceptability at a convenient time, writes Phillip de Wet.
Phillip de Wet | France is making the case against a real African Union
The union that was supposed to prove the benefits of integration across disparate countries is turning into a cautionary tale for Africa outside SA, writes Phillip de Wet.
Phillip de Wet | After a year of King Trump, who still wants a direct-elect SA president?
The most famous directly elected president makes a case both ways for disempowering South Africa’s Parliament, writes Phillip de Wet.
Phillip de Wet | Can South Africa swing far right? South America says yes
Other countries have welcomed back the far right and authoritarian figures that would have fit right into apartheid, in a trend that should give South Africa pause, writes Phillip de Wet.