In 1994 we asked you to vote for change. Twenty years later, we ask you to use your vote to dilute overweening political power.
Looking back over 20 years of democracy through the eyes of the "Mail & Guardian".
Spoiling your ballot, as some have pointed out, is still a valid choice open to the voter – and a better one than simply staying away from the polls.
Those on the SABC’s board and in management don’t see their role as a buffer between politicians and journalists but as cheerleaders of the ANC.
The time has surely come for the intervention of wholly independent private conciliation specialists in SA’s mining industry.
The rest of Africa is growing, and perhaps the ruling party should invest more in leadership and change rather than individuals’ interests.
A spate of murders, assaults, rapes and robberies at Blyvoor and in the surrounding communities has gone unprosecuted and unpunished.
This isn’t even incompetence; it’s deliberate waste, and we’d go so far as to say it’s fraudulent too.
SA industries are choosing to go to court rather than offer better deals to their customers, holding the economy back and limiting job creation.
This has become the standard method for authorities trying to avoid taking responsibility for wrongdoing, such as killing 34 miners at Marikana.