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Economic Crushing of IRGC in Iran Is an Overton Window Event
There is no excuse for the ANC’s whining about how Trump’s economic strangulation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) may affect South Africa (The Mercury, August 26). On August 14, in announcing a crushing economic operation unprecedented against any country, Trump declared that his administration was going to shut down the following conduits sustaining the
ANC Election Manifesto Is Devoid of Credibility
Expecting upliftment and political success despite a record of unreliable services, deteriorating infrastructure, financial bankruptcy, and corruption is like promising a moribund cancer patient the prospect of captaining the local soccer team. For that is the context in which President Ramaphosa has pitched the ANC’s municipal election manifesto. Nonetheless, he calls on his comrades to
Applying ‘Climate Justice’ To Climate Change Is A Misnomer
‘Climate justice’ cannot be conflated with climate change. Yet that link is being propagated regarding the Concourt’s ruling against Shell’s Wild Coast fossil fuel exploration bid (The Mercury, August 21). The main thrust of the Concourt’s Wild Coast ruling concerned the intense underwater noise generated by seismic surveys. Thus, its judgment was premised on the potential
Digital ID Warrants Critical Appraisal
Promotion of ideas and policies by sources regarded as reputable invariably expedites acceptance. Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber’s promotion of digital ID is a case in point that warrants critical appraisal. Understandably upbeat about modernizing a critical government service, Dr Schreiber ticks off the advantages of digital ID: curbing ID fraud and corruption, reducing
Significant Omissions in the ANC’s Quest for the Land
The almost 2,000-word harangue by Sechaba Nkoana of the ANC Veterans League (The Mercury, August 12) claiming that opposition to the 2025 Expropriation Act is premised on the preservation of historical land imbalances is significant for what it omits. Never has it been easier for blacks to own and develop land. They have the government on
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