History has a habit of repeating itself. By the late 1980s, extra-parliamentary activities had eclipsed the role of Parliament as the arbiter and driver of change. That same reality prevails today. Apart from initiatives of the main opposition...
The unprecedented appeal by the owner of Independent Media to his editors to ensure impartial and objective reporting on the upcoming ANC leadership contest is significant for what it leaves unstated (Daily News, September 27). Whilst it is a...
Predictably President Trump’s address to the UN has triggered a fresh round of anti-Trump rhetoric. Not surprisingly his detractors have latched onto two sentences within his 42-minute speech, regarding North Korea and its dictator, in...
News and opinions about our flawed and failing education system in the wake of violent attacks on teachers by so-called learners and the continued use of corporal punishment have resulted in a blame game between unions, the authorities and...
In pondering why it is that some of us have a different perspective on President Trump, Jack Nkutha (Mercury, September 4) raises a vital question concerning the control over and dissemination of information. It is well known that the New York...
Whilst putting a positive spin on the state of our economy may have short term benefits, ignoring its fundamental flaws is misleading. On September 4 and September 5 two articles on the state of the economy, one in the Mercury the other in...
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