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...
For its hilarity, hyperbole and hypocrisy, the front-page report of Julius Malema’s rant at the weekend claiming Trump poses a danger to global stability would have been more appropriate if featured on page 2 in The Idler’s Column (The...
The view expressed by Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa that electricity is becoming a luxury (The Mercury, July 22) should mark another milestone in the terminal descent of the ANC into political oblivion. Those milestones are in the...
© Duncan Du Bois | Designed by Harmony Media Group © 2025. All rights reserved.
