The ANC’s policy phantasms won’t fly
On Monday , South Africans, wearied and depressed by endless [...]
OK, now for the 10-point credibility plan, Mr President
Just hours after President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Monday evening announcement of [...]
Waiting for Ramaphosa goes from Phala Phala party to a black Christmas
The death of acclaimed film critic Barry Ronge in early [...]
Look who’s afraid of change while Conservatives keep it fresh
Writing this column from London amid an intense heatwave, the [...]
It’s when the moderate centre is quiet that extremists flourish
There are a lot of reasons right now to read [...]
Cyril the Silent is reminiscent of National Party ‘reformists’ during apartheid
“The rest is silence” were the last words of Hamlet [...]
The scandal surrounding Cyril has opened yet another gate
At the recent Franschhoek Literary Festival, I watched a fascinating [...]
After succeeding Meyer Kahn, Cyril Ramaphosa failed to take heed of his wisdom
Meyer Kahn, who died in Johannesburg last week, was described [...]
If I were the ANC I’d be a little concerned about my ties to UMK
Dealing with individuals sanctioned by the US can be hazardous. [...]
Ramaphosa should know better than to endorse the ‘might is right’ world view
For someone who believes in antique ideologies — from state [...]
In the misgovernance race to the bottom Mantashe is your Dunning-Kruger man
British-American editor and author Tina Brown has just published her [...]
It’s time the state stopped spin doctoring and started doctoring
Reading director general of government communications Phumla Williams’s defence of [...]
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Presidential sounds of silence are fuelling the fire engulfing SA GalleryPresidential sounds of silence are fuelling the fire engulfing SA
African National Congress (ANC), Cyril Ramaphosa, Democratic Alliance, Elections, International Politics, John Steenhuisen, Nelson Mandela, Russian War, South African Politics, World Politics
Presidential sounds of silence are fuelling the fire engulfing SA
Workers Day, May 1 2022, offered South Africans sharply contrasting [...]
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Putin’s war has sorted the wheat from the chaff — and there’s lots of chaff GalleryPutin’s war has sorted the wheat from the chaff — and there’s lots of chaff
African National Congress (ANC), Cyril Ramaphosa, Democratic Alliance, Donald Trump, EFF, Elections, International Politics, Russian War, Vladimir Putin, World Politics, Zweli Mkhize
Putin’s war has sorted the wheat from the chaff — and there’s lots of chaff
Today, barring a huge upset, Emmanuel Macron will be re-elected [...]
There’s more chance of seeing the Easter bunny than relief funds reaching victims
This past weekend saw Christians and Jews celebrate Easter and [...]
Magnitsky Acts kick in as sanctions against Russia echo apartheid boycott
Just on six years ago, in the depths of the [...]
Is SA going to hell or to heal? Well, it depends on how you look at it
Are you an optimist or a declinist? Or to use [...]
By thumbing our nose at the West, things can only go south
You might be a little embarrassed by Cyril Ramaphosa’s new [...]
Like Putin, SA’s ANC leaders are steeped in nostalgia for the Cold War
On February 24, when Vladimir Putin rolled his tanks into [...]
Cyril’s Ukraine cop-out betrays both SA and our struggle history
I rubbed my eyes when scanning Monday’s weekly newsletter by [...]
Kenyan response to Ukraine crisis puts SA to shame
Russia drove its tanks and fired its missiles over the [...]
SA’s politicians quite simply don’t have enough ‘skin in the game’ to care
Lebanese American polymath Nassim Nicholas Taleb has gifted the world [...]