Monthly Archives: November 2016

The Big Read: It’s the same sad old story

On the weekend, as the once feared Springboks were humiliated by Wales for only the third time in 110 years, just after the Italian job, their riches-to-rags story coincided with a newly released academic report. It has resonance beyond sport, right into the ugly heart of local and world events. The UK's Daily Mail published [...]

By |2016-12-05T11:34:04+00:00November 30th, 2016|International Politics, South African Politics|0 Comments

Malema and the black swan moment

"Finance minister Pravin Gordhan, stands like Horatio on the bridge trying to hold back the ratings agencies" A FRIEND of mine in London sent me an amazing betting statistic. If you had wagered a paltry £5 on a trifecta of Leicester City winning the Premier League in May, Britain voting for Brexit in June and [...]

Trump’s dream has come true — now for swamp-draining, walls and wars

Tony Leon: The president-elect might pay little attention to SA or tear up key treaties in order to ‘make America great again Karl Marx was right and Thomas Friedman was wrong. That’s one of the "huge" — to use one of US president-elect Donald J Trump’s favourite words — consequences of Wednesday’s US electoral earthquake. [...]

By |2016-11-10T19:32:09+00:00November 10th, 2016|Brexit, Donald Trump, US elections|0 Comments

The Big Read: Shaun and the scary clowns

He might not be much of a lawyer, his independence and integrity are questionable and his lack of personal responsibility is glaring. But you have to hand it to Shaun Abrahams, the national director of public prosecutions: he has a great sense of humour and - given the comedy of errors he presides over - [...]

By |2016-11-03T07:39:40+00:00November 2nd, 2016|African National Congress (ANC), Pravin Gordhan|0 Comments
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