‘Backwards to the past’ appropriately describes the MK Party’s proposed final demolition of the Property Act, section 25 of the constitution (The Mercury, April 8). What are termed ‘sweeping changes’ in the land reform process actually refer to...
Some readers may have resented The Mercury’s publication of Julius Malema’s lengthy rant on January 30 as a galling waste of space. However, it is important to afford him the opportunity to remind us of the dystopian future he envisages in which...
Speculation about who might succeed Ramaphosa and abate the ANC’s decline reflects shallow thinking when it should be clear that the pursuit of the historically discredited Marxist national democratic revolution (NDR) is the fundamental issue...
Grandstanding is justified when it is premised on reason and achievement. President Ramaphosa’s attempt at grandstanding at the UN General Assembly on subjects like trade, debt, climate and poverty was devoid of credibility because, like the rest...
President Ramaphosa’s assertion that the purpose of his national dialogue is to outline the role and responsibilities of the state shows just how rudderless the ANC has become, thereby rendering it ineligible to be anywhere near the levers of...
The assertion by Brett Herron of the Good Party that a national dialogue is more pertinent than ever (The Mercury, August 8) is naïve and unrealistic not only because of how the ANC has structured the intended process, but because the May 29...
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