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“To everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven.” As we mark Tu B’Shvat this year, these ancient words from Kohelet feel especially resonant....
This week, South Africa voted against a United Nations resolution on “Agricultural Technology for Sustainable Development”. The decision defies logic, and undermines our own economic interests. While 129 nations, including most of Africa, voted...
“In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes,” Benjamin Franklin famously observed. Yet for those contemplating aliya, taxes have now...
Most South Africans would be surprised, perhaps even incredulous, to learn that the country has been removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list....
The Cape southeaster may have blown the Cape Town Marathon off course, but it couldn’t keep the Jewish community away from the 7 October commemoration “A...
After two long and painful years, Israel stands at the threshold of a new chapter. The Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement offers a moment that many feared would...
This Sukkot, the calendar may have turned and seasons changed, yet for the hostages and their families, for the soldiers on the front lines, and for...
When the Jewish National Fund South Africa (JNF SA) was announced as the winner of the Mann Made Community Service Award at last year’s Jewish Achiever...
Spending Pesach in Jerusalem; making a few business trips to Tel Aviv; or celebrating the chaggim with your Israeli family over Sukkot? Those frequent visits of...
This year, Mandela Day, on 18 July, arrived at a difficult moment for the South African Jewish community. The community was still reeling from President Cyril...
The 2025 South African Budget process, already a saga of delays and disputes, is again in crisis. With the Western Cape High Court over the long...
South Africa stands at an unprecedented fiscal and political crossroads. The 2025 Budget, finally tabled by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on 12 March, has ignited a...
Last week, on 19 February, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana was scheduled to deliver South Africa’s annual Budget speech. Instead, for the first time in democratic history,...
Perry Feldman, a greatly admired Parys farmer, businessman, and Jewish communal leader was taken from us this week, another casualty of the coronavirus epidemic. Feldman embodied...
