According to the official advertisement for the position of CEO of Eskom, applicants must have a post-graduate degree in engineering along with a substantial track record in business management (Business Report, February 6). However, the reality...
In keeping with its narrative to disparage Donald Trump, the global press represented by the Agence France- Presse report in The Mercury of August 15, repeats the false accusation that Trump violated criminal statutes by keeping state documents...
DS Rajah’s references to the political rot manifesting itself in several countries (The Mercury, August 5) highlight the extent to which political parties and their adherents think they are insulated from the laws that apply to society and have...
It is ironic that on the anniversary of Mandela’s birthday when people are called to remember his role in ushering in a dispensation based on the rule of law, President Ramaphosa, as the first citizen who pledged to uphold the constitution, was...
The report in the Mercury of June 26 that the ANC is shocked at the scale of corruption in the country is as ludicrous as Satan saying he is shocked by sin. While, of course, measures to remedy the corrupt state of SOEs such as Eskom, Transnet...
Author Jacques Pauw’s allegation that, while President, Jacob Zuma received R12 million from a Durban security company (Mercury, November 9) suggests a situation that has parallels with the case of former US Vice President Spiro Agnew. In...
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