DA Should Leave The GNU
As much as one resents having to acknowledge it, the dilemma the DA faces concerning its further participation in the GNU is that President Ramaphosa appears to hold the key cards. On the grounds of ‘insubordination’ because the DA refuses to participate in the farce called the National Dialogue, and given his baseless dismissal of
Freedom Charter Is a Blueprint For Communism
It is surprising that despite their historical knowledge and the extent to which the tenets of the Freedom Charter are being applied by the ANC, Professor Saleem Badat, Selvan and Kiru Naidoo (POST, June 25-29) have failed to recognize the Charter for what it is – a blueprint for communist hegemony. Selvan and Kiru Naidoo are
Malema’s Politics Of Unreality
At the mass funeral in Vryheid for the ten young EFF supporters who lost their lives in a bus accident, Julius Malema’s penchant for the politics of emotion was in top gear (The Mercury, June 23). But by using the occasion to make promises of land, homes and a functioning infrastructure for the families of the
Financial Stability Not Threatened By Nature
If Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago looked beyond the false, unscientific literature on climate change, he would realize that compliance with decarbonisation regulations constitutes the real threat to financial stability, not nature (Business Report, June 20). Contrary to the narrative manufactured by scientists and academics in thrall to the globalism of the World Economic Forum, climate
Democracy in America Today
Democracy is under siege in America when torching cars, rioting and burning the flag is regarded by those of the Democratic Party as a democratic right to demonstrate opposition to President Trump’s deportation of illegal aliens as being a ‘threat to democracy.’ The root of the Democrats’ support for rioting and violence lies in their
English Is Also the ‘Language of the Oppressor’
From his remarks in The Mercury of June 11, it would seem that Thyagaraj Markandan has not read the Preamble of the Constitution which exhorts respect, healing and acceptance of diversity. While he is entitled to dislike Afrikaans and Afrikaners and what he calls their “harsh” language, his condemnation of it as “the language of the oppressor”
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