The ongoing anti-Israel effusions highlight the extent to which the ICJ verdict has been manipulated for propaganda reasons, as ably demonstrated by Thyagaraj Markandan (The Mercury, February 1). Like others, he insists that the ICJ verdict was...
The difference between governance and patronage was on view in the overdue vote to oust Mxolisi Kaunda as mayor of eThekwini municipality (The Mercury, February 1). Unfortunately, patronage triumphed. Governance was represented by those parties...
The Mercury’s front page headline on January 31 has a typographical error. Instead of stating “SA’s popularity soars among wealthy,” it should read “Western Cape’s popularity soars among wealthy,” as emphasised by the accompanying photo of the...
Whether over so-called global warming or what is touted as a looming world war, alarmism is rife in the mainstream media and among its scribes like Farouk Araie (The Mercury, January 26). The sabre rattling of nuclear arsenals and the dire threat...
There can be no greater indictment of the utter failure of the ANC to deliver a “better life for all” than The Mercury’s January 25 front-page report on the suffering of Trenance Park residents in Verulam for being without water for nearly 100...
According to the mainstream media’s coverage of the elites’ junket at Davos, the WEF’s 2024 agenda can be summarised in four words: ‘same old, same old.’ But beyond their handwringing about ‘inequality’ and their alarmism about carbon emissions...
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