The Mercury’s editorial suggestion (March 10) that the government embark on a narrative to counter “lies” about South Africa by highlighting its achievements is a non-starter because transparency defies the projection of a positive narrative...
Apart from his extravagant claims about the GNU, considering the credible analysis Visvin Reddy provides of what’s wrong with South Africa (The Mercury, February 27), it is obvious that his membership in the MK Party is misplaced. Calling for the...
Some of the conclusions of The Mercury’s editorial of February 10 are not only questionable but actually inaccurate. There certainly is a great resilience amongst the remaining white community not to abandon what they have inherited from the...
Although Shamla Pather and Judy Parker (POST, February 5-9) attempt to clarify the Expropriation Act, like all the other mainstream media commentators they fail to project their statements through the lens of the Freedom Charter. The ANC is...
In an article he wrote in February 1941, George Orwell, despaired of finding “objective truth” in the mass media. AFP reports concerning the recent COP29 climate conference in Azerbaijan are wilfully devoid of objective truth, the one in The...
It is interesting how negative speculation about the effect a Trump presidency would have on South Africa’s trade with the US has suddenly given way to cautious optimism (Business Report, November 11). Fears that Trump’s tariff-premised trade...
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