Peter Bruce

Thanks Stuart

Time’s up for the madness of the elites In what can pass for debate, you are either for hiring quotas because look how many whites have jobs, or against them because look how nonracial you are, writes Peter Bruce.

Peter Bruce @psb29.bsky.social goes to the heart of it.

The ANC and Solidarity really are the last relics of Apartheid.

If they continue to live in the past, the sooner both are dead and buried the better.

PETER BRUCE | Time’s up for the madness of the elites

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Is Helen Zille bad for the DA brand? Podcast Episode · Podcasts from the Edge · 29/04/2025 · 41m

My weekly (well
I try 🙄) podcast makes its first appearance on BlueSky... A former leader of the Aouth African opposition on the stamina of his successor...
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Is Helen Zille bad for the DA brand? Podcast Episode · Podcasts from the Edge · 29/04/2025 · 41m

My weekly (well
I try 🙄) podcast makes its first appearance on BlueSky... A former leader of the Aouth African opposition on the stamina of his successor...
podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/p...

Thank you, Sen. Van Hollen, for standing up not just for Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his family but for every American who believes in due process.

We can't stop speaking out until he is home and this administration is forced to stop its horrific practice of kidnapping people without charge or trial.

Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
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Just brilliant...

What's your starting word?

Based on the soon to be infamous “auto pen legal gambit”, the courts should subpoena Trump to testify how he directly signed 6,000+ January 6th pardons.

I try not to post his face or voice but this video by @thedailyshow.com is pretty good

Okay, Europe, it’s up to you. We can’t be trusted for the foreseeable future. Godspeed.

The South Africa that people are blaming for Elon Musk hasn’t existed in 30 years. Apartheid didn’t shape Musk’s eugenicist-fascism — the family came to live here because apartheid suited their existing beliefs. They left when this (the country, not their beliefs) started to change.

Report this thread: it needs to be seen.

Don’t fret Joburg, Cyril’s gonna save you Exposed to reality at last, the president punts a model nobody understands, writes Peter Bruce.

@psb29.bsky.social right on the money as usual.
When will South Africa have a viable opposition party with the means, ambition, and politics that will win a majority ocer the ANC (and its evil step-kids)?

PETER BRUCE | Don’t fret Joburg, Cyril’s gonna save you

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Vance blew up that meeting on purpose

My podcast with Joel Pollak, the man most likely to become Donald Trump's ambassador to South Africa...

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My podcast with Joel Pollak, the man most likely to become Donald Trump's ambassador to South Africa...

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A cold-blooded change looms in the DA The party is due to hold a federal congress in 2026, though that could come earlier, writes Peter Bruce.

Called this since Zille snatched back control of the DA and installed her minions.
She said that 20% gave you influence - discovering being the junior partner sucks.
@psb29.bsky.social sums it all up.

PETER BRUCE | Cold-blooded and swift change looms in DA

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Christmas is over. This morning we start a 1300km drive home to Stanford in the Cape, from an always divine Umngazi, near Port St John's on South Africa's east coast. We're in a great little Volvo XC40 but you still have to hope people drive carefully ... hasta luego

China flirts with deflation despite stimulus Weak price growth adds pressure on officials to do more to revive consumer spending at upcoming policy meeting

China flirts with deflation despite stimulus

https://www.ft.com/content/7a9c963c-b1af-4c92-860e-f57dc546cf1f

Tks Stuart. You too....

It was quite a year, pity about the snacks Provided you’re not poor, sick, old or a Woolies sugar-free snack addict, South Africa is a cool place to live and you’ll probably have a decent holiday, writes Peter Bruec.

Indeed, it has been a year, and seems to be ending with a bang with events in Syria.

Thanks for the interesting insights, views and reads @psb29.bsky.social, enjoy the holidays.

PETER BRUCE | It was quite a year, pity about the snacks
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Thanks Stuart

Reserve Bank is correct to be cautious Money not being invested makes no noise so it is easy to ignore, especially perhaps in these times when the noises about us that we do hear are so positive, writes Peter Bruce.

Amongst all the noise and angst, there are some simple macro-economic truths that the markets determine regardless of what politicians want, say, or do.

As always, @psb29.bsky.social setting this out clearly.

PETER BRUCE | Reserve Bank is correct to be cautious

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Map shows the result of the famous wallet experiment. How honest are the people in 16 global cities? Is your city represented fairly? Source: buff.ly/2PzLjDi

More, even crazier, Trump projection.
Failed coup attempts are what, historically, often result in execution, not General Milley’s actions.

Great to be on @bsky.social .. it's going to be real again...

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