Monthly Archives: October 2015

Imagine reactions were Zuma to appoint Christo Wiese and Bobby Godsell to cabinet
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Imagine reactions were Zuma to appoint Christo Wiese and Bobby Godsell to cabinet

African National Congress (ANC), Jacob Zuma, Nhlanhla Nene, Opinion, South African Politics

Imagine reactions were Zuma to appoint Christo Wiese and Bobby Godsell to cabinet

Amid the biggest meltdown in our 100-plus years of mining history, Zuma plucked from provincial obscurity the Guptas’ best Free State friend, Mosebenzi Zwane A David Sipress cartoon in the New Yorker perfectly captures the ambivalence many South Africans are experiencing. It depicts a woman walking down a street complaining to her partner: "My desire [...]

By Tony Leon|2015-10-26T10:19:37+00:00October 21st, 2015|African National Congress (ANC), Jacob Zuma, Nhlanhla Nene, Opinion, South African Politics|0 Comments

South Africa: Land of scandalous public figures who choose to brazen it out
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South Africa: Land of scandalous public figures who choose to brazen it out

Democratic Alliance, Opinion, South African Politics, Thabo Mbeki

South Africa: Land of scandalous public figures who choose to brazen it out

Shamefulness is a by-product of decency. Hlaudi Motsoeneng, who hiked his own salary into the stratosphere, clearly suffers from the opposite condition Synchronicity is the concept pioneered by psychologist Carl Jung who held that events are “meaningful coincidences” if they occur with no causal relationship, but apparently are meaningfully related. Ben Trisk, the enterprising CEO [...]

By Tony Leon|2015-10-26T10:02:31+00:00October 14th, 2015|Democratic Alliance, Opinion, South African Politics, Thabo Mbeki|0 Comments