Professor Daniel Plaatjies is quite correct to draw attention to the need to professionalise the public administration, writes Paul Hoffman.

Zuma can save the ANC by not accepting nomination for the presidency at Mangaung, says Paul Khitsane.

The right-of-reply article by Dr Jeff Ramsay, deputy permanent secretary for Botswana's government communications is full of spin, says Sam Ditshego.

Thabo Thwala responds to an article on the Mail & Guardian about South African Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande.

The continued insulting of the president does indeed need to be banned, says Kwazi Mthembu.

Would it be better if the new black bourgeoisie consumed more elegantly, with the refinement of old (that is, white) Cape Town or Houghton wealth?

Mac Maharaj's lawyer, Rudi Krause responds to questions by the Mail & Guardian.

The article Lindiwe Sisulu's fancy flights pure indulgence is bereft of context and real facts, writes Sandi Mbatsha, adviser to Lindiwe Sisulu.