Loose Canon 💥 Will Trump trash his party in the same way Zuma trashed his?

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PODCAST 📣 The ANC and the Bokke: each snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

South Africa doesn’t need a municipal election popularity contest; it needs a survival strategy. So says merchant banker Mark Barnes in

By Tim Cohen · Aug 26, 2026

Loose Canon💥 The Four 'Principle' Characters, Mark Watney, Katherine Johnson, Hiccup, and Juror 8

There is an occupational hazard attached to being spectacularly successful: eventually somebody asks you why, at which point you have to decide

By Tim Cohen · Aug 23, 2026

Loose canon 💥 A “vibecession” - the recession between your ears

If the economy is doing reasonably well while almost everybody insists it is going to hell, we have a "vibecession".

By Tim Cohen · Aug 16, 2026

Loose Canon 💥 Six (possibly dubious) reasons Homer is back

Six (possibly dubious) reasons Homer is back. the key is Xenos.

By Tim Cohen · Aug 9, 2026

Loose canon 💥 Fifa’s grand plan shows us greed is often confirmation bias with a balance sheet

Greed is such an odd thing. Most people think it is the understandable, if morally dubious, consequence of scarcity. You have nothing,

By Tim Cohen · Aug 2, 2026

PODCAST: ‘ListenUP’ – should the PIC be closed down?

Mark Barnes and Tim Cohen gallop through the week’s events, offering thoughts, opinions, and perspectives on local and international affairs. Here,

By Tim Cohen · Jul 28, 2026

Loose canon 💥 How to grow old and remain irritating

Last weekend, I attended a memorial for a fabulous person who died too young, even though he was actually pretty old. Some

By Tim Cohen · Jul 27, 2026

Loose Canon 💥 The unbearable weight of the next pass

The Football World Cup 2026 and how consequence and expectations turn our brains to jelly - and what to do about it.

By Tim Cohen · Jul 20, 2026