DA national spokesman Solly Malatsi’s attempt to defend his party’s B-BBEE policy (Business Day, February 15) fails to discredit the assertion made by Frans Cronje of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) that there is little to distinguish...
The ignorance of the educated never ceases to amaze. The article by the trio of academics in the Mercury of May 9 advocating a wealth tax to reduce inequality is a case in point. Inequality is a given in all societies and always has been the...
The doting preference given to so-called MK Vets which has led to union in-fighting and the partial paralysis of essential services in eThekwini municipality illustrates once again the abuse of public resources and funds by the ANC for purely...
The myth that threatens our multi-party democracy is that only a big party can wrestle down the ANC. But the promoters of this myth ignore the fact that South Africa’s social and political landscape is a very diverse one. Thus, it is politically...
One of the sad illusions in circulation is that a vote for Cyril Ramaphosa is the only way to rectify the state of the country. Clearly, the proponents of this logic have failed to examine the list of ANC candidates who accompany Mr Ramaphosa and...
It is difficult to perceive a sentiment of sincerity in local government MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube’s lambasting of her comrades for their part in the municipal meltdown of Pietermaritzburg (The Witness, April 10). After all, the governance shambles...
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