While Europe and North America may be afraid to go outside, we fear the crime that comes to us.
As with all South Africa’s good intentions, the ambitious goals are consistently undermined by a lack of implementation.
It’s clear the SABC will not broadcast Rehad Desai’s Emmy award-winning documentary on Marikana, Miners Shot Down, because it makes the ANC look bad.
Interdicts served on several media recently are a hint at yet another attempt to protect SAA boss Dudu Myeni – at the cost of the national airline.
Why did the actor only have the courage to announce his status this week, four years after he was diagnosed with HIV?
Can President Jacob Zuma really have been unaware of who he was dealing with and their unsavoury reputations when meeting with known gang bosses?
We are all for due process in governance, but it should be noted that in this particular case it’s being ramped up unnecessarily.
A fight over planning permission may not sound like a major issue, but the fear is that it could be a straw in the wind.
The latest spat is just another internal ANC struggle for power, and it will contribute only to greater ideological confusion.
Our water-agriculture nexus has been broken, just like its energy component was broken seven years ago by the same kind of political paralysis.