‘The department of education’s plan to make history compulsory for every learner throughout their schooling career is to be applauded’
‘When Shivambu attacked Momoniat, he invited scrutiny of not just his own knowledge of the way Parliament works but also of the EFF’s ideologies’
‘In many ways, rugby can be seen as symbolic of the pitfalls bedevilling the best-intentioned attempts at nation-building’
Mnangagwa will not, on his own, be a salve to Zimbabwe’s problems
‘We’re good at the annual hand-wringing about government’s wasteful ways. But what is not quantified is the number of people who are being failed’
Last Friday, several titles in the Independent stable published front-page reports, with a “Staff Writer” byline, that smeared journalists
We find ourselves in a vitriolic debate about our history —who did what, why did they do it, who can be trusted and who sold out
‘The DA, you see, has the added challenge of not only believing its own spin but also somehow appearing to be living it’
‘Surely there are sufficient lines of inquiry into Gigaba’s conduct as a public official without having to go into his heritage?’
‘As for the Guptas’ experience with home affairs, who knew it could be so efficient?’
‘The ANC continues to harbour the people responsible for bequeathing South Africa to the Gupta and Zuma families’
‘But watching the spectacle of Zuma’s political death unfold so agonisingly has revealed much about the gaping holes in the ANC leadership’
‘When MultiChoice chief executive Calvo Mawela addressed the media this week, he was contrite. There had been “mistakes”, he said’
‘Meanwhile, we are left with two sides of a story’
We begin this year then with expectations, great expectations, of the world, but mostly of ourselves.
In the absence of any other options, the Constitutional Court this week again deepened its involvement in the process to keep social grants flowing.
‘Instead of safeguarding Zimbabwe’s democracy, SADC repeatedly rubber-stamped Mugabe’s regime’
‘Asking Moyane and Makwakwa to be accountable might make those taxpayers feel a little better’
Judge Mothle has found that freedom fighter Ahmed Timol never committed suicide, as the officers from the old Security Branch of the police claimed.
The DA is evading to address the issue of whether secret Freemasonry membership can mix with transparent candidate list procedures.
Has the SABC fired or blacklisted so many commentators for holding anti-Zuma views that Hlaudi Motsoeneng has to step into the breach?
Berning Ntlemeza’s recent behaviour doesn’t inspire confidence, nor does his drive to change the Hawks from crime-fighters into president protectors.
If the revelations of manipulation and greed are proven true it could be the end of the entwinement and the Zupta’s hold on South African society.
Rebuilding faith in the NPA is a process that cannot even begin while Zuma is in office.
Just talk is no longer acceptable, action is urgently needed
Murky dealings around Lake Malawi interceptor boats order
The new quota system, stipulating two African players per franchise, makes sense.
As with all South Africa’s good intentions, the ambitious goals are consistently undermined by a lack of implementation.
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.
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.
The only thing Eskom has to do now is connect the greenpower projects to the national grid – but even this is proving to be a hard ask.