South African politics has plumbed a new low as a result of the Ramaphosa delegation’s meeting with President Trump. The only take-away from the televised encounter is one of great embarrassment for South Africa. Trump’s posture and body language...
Opinions without context risk degenerating into diatribe. Western Cape University research fellow Ali Ridha Khan’s opinion piece on Tony Leon is a case in point (IOL, May 16). Khan finds that Tony Leon’s life before 1994 disqualifies him for...
Ignored by those who find the Trump Administration’s welcoming of Afrikaner refugees from South Africa (Washington Times, May 12) controversial is the dark reason whites in South Africa fear for their future. The 140 discriminatory laws and...
The Business Report supplement to The Mercury of May 14 commendably exemplifies the adage ‘hear the other side’ by juxtaposing three articles on the issue of renewable energy, from which it is obvious which ones purvey truth and reality. The...
The ANC regime’s denial that the group of Afrikaners that has taken up the Trump Administration’s offer to resettle in the US are refugees is semantic subterfuge (The Mercury, May 12). Complaining that the country’s sovereignty is being...
The repetition of the cycles of history never ceases to amaze. It is apparent from the news that there is a new investment surge and optimism about prospects on the Mid-South Coast centred around Scottburgh (The Mercury, May 8). Investigating...
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