Our democracy suffers when the speaker of the National Assembly becomes a cheerleader for a particular party or for one particular individual.
The parliamentary opposition perceives Mashinini as being too close to the president and thus finds his appointment worrying.
The president doesn’t derive his power from executive decree; his decisions can be reviewed by the courts.
In dire financial times for South Africa, the President’s Russian nuclear deal is not even mentioned in the national budget.
Increasingly, we are looking to senior members of the ANC to put the country before their political careers and bank balances.
After decades of smarmy evasions, it is breathtaking sophistry that Parliament refers to the Promotion of Access to Information Act for transparency.
We ask Minister Blade Nzimande, all 26 vice-chancellors and every faculty dean to please declare publicly their views and policies on plagiarism.
The way the Russian nuclear deal was handled can only be to ensure a politically driven process, unhampered by technical or financial considerations.
All the whitewashing after Jackie Selebi’s funeral looks suspiciously like another attack from Zuma’s circle on the National Prosecuting Authority.
The voters’ patience is waning, even turning violent.