Tony Leon: On The Record with Adriaan Basson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmzCE6ZhYIQ
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Tony Leon draws on Martin Niemöller’s First They Came, warning that the [...]
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Bafana’s dismal World Cup opener against Mexico is more than [...]
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The DA’s Kempton Park moment with a shock eight-vote win in Evaton
From the shock of Wakkerstroom in 1924 to the DA’s [...]
Anti-fascism, Russian style: What was the ANC doing in Moscow this week? GalleryAnti-fascism, Russian style: What was the ANC doing in Moscow this week?
African National Congress (ANC), Iran, Mokonyane, Russia, Russian War, South African Politics, Trump, United States, US President, Venezuela, World Politics
Anti-fascism, Russian style: What was the ANC doing in Moscow this week?
While South Africa faces xenophobic blowback from its African neighbours, [...]
The lessons SA’s leaders don’t want to learn
While Cyril Ramaphosa traded shame and fury in Parliament over [...]
From Westminster to Phala Phala: Two leaders, one fight for survival GalleryFrom Westminster to Phala Phala: Two leaders, one fight for survival
African National Congress (ANC), British politics, Corruption, Cyril Ramaphosa, Democratic Alliance, International Politics, Parliament, Phala Phala, Sir Keir Starmer, South African Politics, UK Politics, Westminister
From Westminster to Phala Phala: Two leaders, one fight for survival
Two leaders, two continents, one embattled defiance – Keir Starmer [...]
Canary in the Constitution: What future of SA Jews tells us about our democracy GalleryCanary in the Constitution: What future of SA Jews tells us about our democracy
African National Congress (ANC), Antisemitism, International Politics, Israel, Jacob Zuma, Jewish, MK, Sooliman, South African Politics, Zionists
Canary in the Constitution: What future of SA Jews tells us about our democracy
On the 30th anniversary of South Africa’s Constitution, a UCT [...]
History done right offers clarity for today and hope for tomorrow
As disillusionment grows and 80% of the population has no [...]
Meyer’s challenge: Playing high stakes roulette in Trump’s casino GalleryMeyer’s challenge: Playing high stakes roulette in Trump’s casino
African National Congress (ANC), British politics, Cabinet, Cyril Ramaphosa, Donald Trump, International Politics, Iran, Mandelson, South African Politics, Starmer, UK Politics, World Politics
Meyer’s challenge: Playing high stakes roulette in Trump’s casino
Tony Leon examines how newly appointed South African ambassador Roelf Meyer [...]
Geordin’s gambit: Why aiming high beats treading water at 20%
New DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis inherits a 25-year-old question from [...]
It’s Topical | Is Geordin Hill-Lewis the right person to lead the DA?
Geordin Hill-Lewis served as Chief of Staff to former DA [...]
Israel’s dark turn and Iran’s death penalty machine
Israel’s journey from David Ben-Gurion’s founding vision of being a [...]
The R500bn lesson: What Kirsh’s success reveals about real investment vs pledges GalleryThe R500bn lesson: What Kirsh’s success reveals about real investment vs pledges
African National Congress (ANC), American Politics, Cyril Ramaphosa, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, International Politics, Kirsh, South African Politics, Trump, United States, US President, World Politics
The R500bn lesson: What Kirsh’s success reveals about real investment vs pledges
While R1.5 trillion has been promised at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s [...]
While Argentina breaks free, SA still trapped in its economic Bermuda Triangle GalleryWhile Argentina breaks free, SA still trapped in its economic Bermuda Triangle
African National Congress (ANC), Argentina, bermuda triangle, Cyril Ramaphosa, Democratic Alliance, South African Politics, World Politics
While Argentina breaks free, SA still trapped in its economic Bermuda Triangle
News24’s On the Record summit revealed a country heavy on [...]
External shocks, internal failures: ‘Parasitic state’ will use war as excuse
As the Iran conflict threatens to derail South Africa’s optimistic [...]
The dangerous comfort of ANC mythology in an age of hard choices
The ANC’s rose-tinted view of its struggle-era alliances is preventing [...]
From high road scenarios to dead-end alliances: SA has lost its strategic way
The death of scenario planner Clem Sunter prompts Tony Leon to reflect [...]
Two cheers for the rule of law… but we are missing a third
The recent arrests of Prince Andrew and President Yoon, along [...]
Tone-deaf ANC could be punished at the polls… just like NP was in 1981
Just as a National Party minister’s comment about pensioners surviving [...]