There can be no doubt that the diminishing corps of ratepayers share the scepticism of the DA’s Martin Meyer and the IFP’s Otto Kunene at the ANC’s insistence that a Section 154 intervention will enable eThekwini recover its capacity to meet its...
The way in which the DA is working itself up into a lather over the visit of President Putin and calling for his arrest reflects much about the DA’s stance on global affairs and the double standards that prevail on international issues. The ICC...
From the slanderous tone of the KZN ANC Executive’s attempt to vilify Chief Justice Raymond Zondo for his scathing condemnation of the ANC’s abandonment of principles and values held by its erstwhile leaders (The Mercury, March 29), it is clear...
Confusion and fear are the most effective psychological weapons in asserting control over people. By means of staging events and interpreting developments according to a pre-ordained design, millions are being duped into accepting narratives that...
Since 2016, Trump’s involvement in political power has been viewed by his opponents as a threat to democracy. In the days preceding the US mid-term elections, the narrative chorused by the mass media and Democratic Party leaders was that votes...
Wherever the term “narrative” is applied, it is intended to stifle divergent discussion of critical issues. But if those who adhere to “the narrative” would link it to the agenda of its proponents, they would discern motives that have everything...
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