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...
Sadly, Moegammad Nackerdien and Derek Yu’s insights on the job crisis that has been worsening for the past 25 years (Business Report, April 15) fail to touch on the chief underlying cause of unemployment. Like so many others who have attempted to...
In ruling that Julius Malema’s advocacy that white people be “slaughtered” at some future time does not legally qualify as hate speech, the Human Rights Commission has made a mockery of sections 10 and 16 of the constitution. With reference to...
Commissar Sihle Zikalala’s remarks eulogising 25 years of ANC rule (Mercury, February 15) mirror the brand of propaganda readers of Pravda had to endure extolling the virtues of totalitarian communism in the USSR. In the true Orwellian style...
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