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Risks and Analyses


Grondwetlike Beskerming? Dit hang af van jou ras en kultuur
Die kern van ʼn Grondwetlike demokrasie is die beginsel dat ʼn (meestal geskrewe) Grondwet die mag van die staat beperk, en die regte van groepe, maar veral individue, teen magsmisbruik deur die staat beskerm. Die vraag wat in hierdie artikel gevra word, is of hierdie meganisme werklik die veiligheidsnet aan alle Suid-Afrikaners, op gelyke basis, bied wat gedurende die 1990-1994 oorgangsproses voorsien was?

Frans Minnaar
6 days ago21 min read


The Baseline: Economic growth pre - and post 1994
The ANC and its leftist partners have destroyed the country's economy since it took over the levers of the state; because of its socialist and anti-Western ideological policy framework, and because of their racist so-called transformation policies.

Frans Minnaar
Mar 196 min read


Ideologie het werklikheid oorgeneem
Blanke Suid-Afrikaners, onderwerp aan Swart Ekonomiese Bemagtiging, Gelyke Indiensneming en die verval in dienslewering in hulle leefwêreld, voel weer dat transformasie hopeloos te ver gegaan het. Wit Suid-Afrikaners soos ek glo dat ons onderwerp word aan blatante diskriminasie, wat ʼn direkte en werklike vernietigende invloed op ons lewens het.

Frans Minnaar
Mar 103 min read


Remuneration of municipal councilors
The salaries and benefits of municipal councillors are determined by the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers Act, 1998; and then (currently) specifically the regulations titled Determination of upper limits of salaries, wages and benefits of different members of municipal councillors (the September 2023 version).
Download an Excel spreadsheet below to do a quick analysis of the salaries of municipal councilors in your municipality.

Frans Minnaar
Feb 262 min read


The National Democratic Revolution
What exactly is the National Democratic Revolution (NDR)? This concept apparently stands central to the modern ANC’s policy agenda; yet, it is difficult to determine from literature how exactly to define it. It is almost strange how the concept is used in progressive circles in the country, without it being properly defined – as if there is an unquestioned understanding in the midst of the recipients of the message that makes further explanations unnecessary.

Frans Minnaar
Feb 259 min read


Haatspraak (volgens die Suid-Afrikaanse definisie daarvan)
Die vertoon van die ou landsvlag is verban omdat dit met apartheid geassosieer word, terwyl die lied "Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer" om dieselfde rede nie as haatspraak beskou word nie (die gunsteling argument van "'n vryheidslied". Tog was die twee sake veronderstel om onder dieselfde objektiewe regsreëls deur onpartydige howe beoordeel te word.

Frans Minnaar
Feb 257 min read


Wat wil bereik word?
Kan iemand asseblief vir my veruidelik: Behalwe on Blou Ligte te bekom, wat wil die Vryehdisfront Plus en die DA (en selfs AfriForum) nou eintlik bereik?

Frans Minnaar
Jan 1413 min read


'n Ontleding van groei in die Suid-Afrikaanse ekonomie: 1961 tot 2024
Suid-Afrika se ekonomies egroei voor 1994 was beter en meer volgehou as na 1994. Dit is nie 'n ideologiese stelling nie, maar 'n feitlike een. Ekonomiese groei gedurende die tydperk 2009 tot 2024 was slegs 0,15% beter as gedurende die tydperk (1984 tot 1994) toe Suid-Afrika feitlik totaal afgesny was van die internasionale ekonomie, en onder geweldige druk as gevolg van interne - en eksterne militêre konflikte.

Frans Minnaar
Jan 1414 min read


Maduro, the US and International Law
So, the US has breached international law by kidnapping Maduro. But who cares? Let me tell you, not the ANC. The ANC’s standard is their Cold War loyalties. Anyway, who actually cares about “international law” anymore? What matters, is ideology, not law.
Just considers the hypocritical South African government. It condemns the United States government for capturing Maduro, but is silent about Russia’s invasion of a sovereign state. How many people has dies during the US’s a

Frans Minnaar
Jan 93 min read


The United States National Security Strategy & Global Power Relations
The US National Security Strategy, published in November 2025, set out its geopolitical aims and strategies. It is in line with Trump’s expressed worldviews, made clear on numerous occasions during the last decade of his presence in United States politics. Under his leadership, the United States will act accordingly, regardless of whether he and his administration is blamed of breaking international law, or regardless of how reprehensible many may find it.

Frans Minnaar
Jan 515 min read


Wages vs GDP Growth
When the GDP growth figures for the United States in respect of the 3rd quarter of 2025 were published, a big issue was made by Republicans about the success of Trump’s economic policies, including his tariff initiatives. This growth rates were 4,3%; far exceeding even the most optimistic forecasts.
The counter-response from the Left, and specifically Europe, was that the real state of an economy must be measured not in terms of GDP growth, but in terms of wage growth.

Frans Minnaar
Jan 43 min read


The ANC's Priorities: My Response
The ANC's lekgotla, held over the weekend, outlined specific tasks in the six priority areas identified by the ANC’s NGC:
• Firstly, to fix local government and improve basic services
• Secondly, to speed up economic transformation and to engender inclusive growth and job creation
• Thirdly, to wage war on crime and corruption and tackle GBVF as a National Disaster
• Fourthly, to build a South Africa that belongs to all through the National Dialogue...

Frans Minnaar
Dec 10, 20252 min read


The ANC's 5th National General Council
The ANC cadres are not the excellent creators they believe themselves to be; they are destroyers. They contaminate everything they touch. They have turned South Africa into a mafia state, a failed state. And they are still at it.

Frans Minnaar
Dec 10, 20254 min read


The Odds of Europe siding with SA against the US
I don’t think that the ANC and its allies must depend too much on support from Europe for an anti-American rebellion in the G20. Don’t look to Europe to support South African in a large-scale boycotting of the G20 in the United States until Trump agrees to the demands of the Comrades.

Frans Minnaar
Dec 7, 20254 min read


No, SA cannot survive US sanctions unscaled
It is very dangerous to say "We don't need the United States"; "if they want to, let them sanction us."
Let's look at three examples of countries that have been actively sanctioned by the USA in the post-WW2 history.

Frans Minnaar
Dec 7, 20252 min read


Public Service Wage Bill
The South African government’s staff establishment consist of sixteen salary levels, or grades. The South African public sector is captured in the destructive results of political ideology, nepotism, cadre deployment and corruption. The results are clearly visible, including in the numbers.

Frans Minnaar
Dec 6, 20255 min read


The National Democratic Revolution and its Freedom Charter roots
The National Democratic Revolution means transforming the South African economy and society into a communist one. However, this is a special kind of communism, in which race plays an important role. The National Democratic Revolution is here to stay. It is linked to the Freedom Charter and it is an enormous and deadly risk to South Africa.

Frans Minnaar
Nov 19, 20254 min read


The Container Port Performance Index
The Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) provides a globally consistent and comparable assessment of container port performance. It is based on empirical measurements of vessel time in port, focusing on how efficiently container ports serve ships from the perspective of shipping lines and their customers. It is grounded in objective data and a robust two-pronged methodology.

Frans Minnaar
Oct 1, 20255 min read


IDP Risks
The analysis makes an analysis of the effectiveness of Integrated Development Planning as the prescribed planning system for South African municipalities. A total of twelve (12) considerations were included in the analysis. These considerations are focused on the outcomes that an Integrated Development Plan is supposed to promote (or achieve) in local government.

Frans Minnaar
May 14, 20257 min read
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