Chloe Maluleke (The Mercury, November 21) must be commended for placing media acclaim concerning South Africa’s hosting of the G20 summit within the context of the realities prevailing in the country. As she points out, there is a huge disconnect...
Speculation about who might succeed Ramaphosa and abate the ANC’s decline reflects shallow thinking when it should be clear that the pursuit of the historically discredited Marxist national democratic revolution (NDR) is the fundamental issue...
By his passionate denunciation of President Trump (The Mercury, October 31), Colin Bosman’s words pay tribute to the success of the mainstream media in instilling narratives. For ten years, the ‘reputable’ media has all but exhausted its...
Developments in America these days show that there are two types of Americans: democratic Americans and un-Americans. The attempt by Democratic governors to sue the Trump administration for nutritional shortages occurring because of the...
Since its accession to power, the ANC has strived incrementally to implement the dictates of its handbook on socialism – the Freedom Charter. The surprise of the Minerals Council at the latest amendments to mineral resources legislation (Business...
Since atrocities have occurred on both sides in the Israel/Hamas conflict, it is difficult to sympathise with Dr Fatima Hendricks’ account of her detention by Israeli forces as a result of her participation in the Global Sumud Flotilla mission to...
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