I got to thinking about the Sudan over the weekend; why Thabo Mbeki is there, and why anyone might care. My column for the Daily Maverick this week was the inevitable result: Tintin Mbeki in the Sudan

While the government talks tough about joining the currency war that has broken out as a result of the collapsing dollar (see my column at The Daily Maverick: Currency: the race to the bottom), I was thinking about the many other grand but ultimately futile ideas government comes up with to plaster over the cracks of past failures. Then I thought how nice it would be for everyone, including the ANC’s own constituency, if the government tried to do far less, but do it well.

In other news, some guy on the interwebs said I called for genocide, and proceeded to point out how barbaric that would be. I quite agree. Well, I would, if there was even a shred of truth in the words he put in my mouth: The algebra has a devil for a sidekick. Cute headline, though.

I keep meaning to respond to Michael Meadon’s critique of my position on global warming, but the real world keeps intervening. I’m busy writing about currency intervention, after a fortnight in which I simply had to tackle the topical and thorny subjects of Zimbabwean immigrants (give them citizenship, I wrote), as well as the National Health Initiative and the water crisis (about which I warned in 2008). Mr Meadon, I have not forgotten your post.