After dazzling victories again Australia, the Proteas and Sri Lanka could put on quite a show come Boxing Day
The athletes are paid eye-watering salaries and income from television rights is larger still.
One faction argues that Jacob Zuma must quit and the other is intent on electing a successor who will cover for him.
The watershed political events of a year ago formed the impetus for the private sector to speak its mind.
The divergence of democracy and capital will defy reason and politics will become brutal survivalism.
Protesting students have opened a door to the future and there must be no going back
We need more of the same brilliance while we tap into the vast talent that lies dormant.
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Every week on the radio and in the newspapers it was the same names and faces.
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