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The bright minds behind presidents… and why SA’s next leader should take note GalleryThe bright minds behind presidents… and why SA’s next leader should take note
African National Congress (ANC), American Politics, Cyril Ramaphosa, Deputy President, Donald Trump, International Politics, Kennedy, Nixon, Paul Mashatile, Reagan, South African Politics, United States, US elections, US President, World Politics
The bright minds behind presidents… and why SA’s next leader should take note
From Reagan’s Hollywood charm to Nixon’s strategic depth, America’s most effective presidents surrounded themselves with brilliant advisors - a lesson Paul Mashatile, the likely next ANC president, would do well to heed as his party’s [...]
When gold turns to dust: How state control killed SA’s mining golden goose
Not since August 1971, when US President Richard Nixon permanently ended the “gold standard” – the last formal link between the precious nugget and major currencies – has the yellow metal enjoyed such prominence. Today [...]
‘Moral superpower’ claims ring hollow as SA snubbed at Gaza Peace Summit Gallery‘Moral superpower’ claims ring hollow as SA snubbed at Gaza Peace Summit
African National Congress (ANC), Corruption, Donald Trump, gaza, Hamas, International Politics, Israel, Jewish, Trump, United States, World Politics
‘Moral superpower’ claims ring hollow as SA snubbed at Gaza Peace Summit
South Africa’s moral blindness, or one-eyed approach to a the 7 October attack, might be one reason for the country’s exclusion from a seat at Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday, writes Tony Leon. Why, you might reasonably [...]
End of ‘natural’ governments: Once dominant parties in UK and SA face electoral extinction GalleryEnd of ‘natural’ governments: Once dominant parties in UK and SA face electoral extinction
African National Congress (ANC), British politics, Cyril Ramaphosa, EFF, International Politics, Margaret Thatcher, MK, South African Politics, UK Politics
End of ‘natural’ governments: Once dominant parties in UK and SA face electoral extinction
As the UK’s Conservative Party faces potential extinction after 200 years of dominance and South Africa’s ANC struggles with similar decline, Tony Leon argues that the era of “natural parties of government” is over, replaced by voter [...]
