Monthly Archives: March 2017

There is only one winner in the snakepit of politics

The late business leadership expert Warren Bennis offered a dystopian assessment of what automation and artificial intelligence will do to the world of work.  “The factory of the future will have only two employees,” he wrote, “ a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog and the dog will [...]

By |2017-03-29T22:23:22+00:00March 25th, 2017|Helen Zille, Opinion, South African Politics|0 Comments

Why Maimane must act swiftly against Zille

'If the reputation of the party is harmed from within, he has to act swiftly to put it to rights' Here is an excerpt of a report from a weekend newspaper: “The government has been in crisis in court over the delivery of 17million social grants, for a contract that should never have been contemplated. The [...]

By |2017-03-29T22:06:07+00:00March 22nd, 2017|Helen Zille, Opinion, South African Politics|0 Comments

Casual Constitution comments give glimpse of future under Ramaphosa

Whether on his track record he will be an answer to the prayer for a graft-busting president is open to question Long before he entered Parliament and moved up and down the ladder of power, and now up again, Cyril Ramaphosa was a communist and a trade unionist. Perhaps, as he eyes the glittering prize [...]

Why there is hope for South Africa

Argentina's opposition achieved the unimaginable. So too can South Africa's LAST Sunday, as I stood atop Mount Kent in the Falkland Islands, the icy wind knifed through my heavy-duty jacket with the proverbial ease of the hottest knife through melting butter. And this was still summer in the rocky, desolate island chain over which Great Britain [...]

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