Editorial: Justice for witnesses too

The Oscar Pistorius trial has highlighted the plight of witnesses in court cases, attacks on whom compromise our justice system.

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CWU, Motsoeneng: Intimidation is a pathetic defence

A union's rush to defend the SABC's acting COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng against Thuli Madonsela's findings is disturbing.

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Editorial: Shut down the arms deal farce

The farce at this week's Seriti commission hearing has shown that the inquiry into the arms deal should be brought to an end.

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SABC: From Snuki to Hlaudi

Years after Snuki Zikalala's reign at the SABC, Hlaudi Motsoeneng's tenure has become a bad parody of the kind of transformation people want to see.

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Editorial: Hey, big Sona spenders

Spending R5-million on a State of the Nation address after-party is still too much, even if it is R2-million less than last year.

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Editorial: PIC's first duty is to the public

Investments and bail-outs by the increasingly activist Public Investment Corporation are incongruous with its role as protector of retirement funds.

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Editorial: Milked taxpayers left in the dark

Free State Premier Ace Magashule's response to a scandal surrounding a dairy scheme indicates he feels no need to account for R342m of public funds.

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Editorial: Marching is a democratic right

Even if the DA's march is silly, the ANC should not endorse Umkhonto weSizwe "vets" turning the streets around Luthuli House into a "no-go" zone.

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Editorial: Race and respectability

Don't dismiss Zille's courtship of Ramphele as an electoral gimmick. It's part of a plan to make the DA more acceptable to black South Africans.

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Editorial: A heavy-handed bid to deter leaks

Government has revealed its intention to deter leaks by deploying the State Security Agency and police to find out who leaked Nkandla to the M&G.

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Editorial: Football egos take their eye off the ball

Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula, PSL head Irvin Khoza and Safa president Danny Jordaan need to work together to save South African football.

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Editorial: Stop the rot of secret party funding

We should welcome the arrival of US-style political lobbying in South Africa, done in public rather than in private.

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Editorial: Muddying the waters

The tragedy of Brits's lack of access to clean water is that people had to die before anyone took any notice.

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Editorial: Matric's crisis of credibility

Despite the concrete and multiple improvements in the quality of education, it boils down to how much confidence the public has in state schooling.

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Editorial: This year, politics is personal

2014 will be a heady news mashup with the trials of Julius Malema and Oscar Pistorius on the agenda, as well as Thuli Madonsela's Nkandla report.

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Editorial: Booing Zuma - let's get beyond personalities

The booing of President Jacob Zuma at the memorial for former president Nelson Mandela this past week has stirred contrasting responses.

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Editorial: We will always need Madiba

Our farewell to Nelson Mandela must not be final - we must refuse to say goodbye to his example, his ideals, and the dream we share with him.

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Who really should be No 1?

The ANC is likely to win next year's election, so the NEC must decide at its candidates' list conference if the president or the people come first.

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Tony Leon remembers great soldier Colin Eglin

Former DA leader Tony Leon recaps on the "wise counsel" and life of fellow parliamentarian, Colin Eglin, who has passed away at the age of 88.

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