SA once had a clear vision, now we’re just a muddle
You need to go quite far back to find a [...]
State of the nation – Tony Leon bringing some insights into the decisions of the Official Opposition and the Current Government
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWsTm6T3aOs
The ANC invents a sixth stage of grief
In 1969, Dr Elisabeth Kübler-Ross identified the five stages of [...]
In SA, hard and soft power battle against each other
In the degraded discourse around local politics a niche backhander [...]
The eerie silence after the weekend’s twin events in Cape Town has been deafening
Due to economic headwinds gusting in the face of the [...]
Try as he may, Ramaphosa is no Kolisi … or Mandela
I should be grateful to President Cyril Ramaphosa for declaring [...]
Can Poland’s PiSed-off voters show SA the way?
Political anoraks certainly, and probably many concerned citizens, will enjoy [...]
Alignments pose risks: SA foreign policy may incur costs
South African governments have in the past supported the Palestinian [...]
ANC’s line on terrorism has changed along with the presidency
Gen David Petraeus, former commander of US wars in Afghanistan [...]
Festooned with crater-like potholes, Winnie Mandela Drive is a another sad ANC epitaph
Barney Mthombothi, writing in the Sunday Times, decried the decision [...]
Editing history to escape the truth
A new word, “retcon”, has entered the lexicon, shorthand for [...]
Prince Buthelezi’s death has triggered some hypocrisy, amnesia and contradiction
The funeral on Saturday of Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi in Ulundi, [...]
Prince Buthelezi’s contribution is enormous and contraventional
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wa-IgRG4iA
Buthelezi’s impact on SA’ democracy
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WlTelEWlabo
Business leaders will have to fill the governance vacuum
Overlooking Kirstenbosch National Botanic Garden in Cape Town beside a [...]
Maladministration and infrastructural neglect at the core of Joburg fire tragedy
The weekly columns of the late newspaper editor, Ken Owen, [...]
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Yikes! The moonshot pact is run from a pizza shop basement GalleryYikes! The moonshot pact is run from a pizza shop basement
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Yikes! The moonshot pact is run from a pizza shop basement
As a Brics scene-stealer, it was hard to beat the [...]
While US stays on top, the bucking horse of the rule of law throws SA off
Famed 19th-century British constitutional scholar AV Dicey is credited with [...]
The multiparty coalition needs cool heads and a spirit of compromise
Last week’s opposition get-together at Emperor’s Palace (previously World Trade [...]
Coalition politics: when to do a deal with the devil?
Novelist John le Carre offered the thought that “a desk [...]
Who needs trade benefits when we have resentments?
Last month, at a Brics youth summit in Durban, Dr [...]
It’s time the president took off his rose-tinted glasses and faced reality
Guardian journalist John Crace coined the killer phrase “aural valium” [...]