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Phillip De Wet

Police subdue protesters at Springs mine
Article
/ 3 September 2012

Police subdue protesters at Springs mine

Four people were injured at an apparently violent protest at a gold mine on Monday, four days after Julius Malema spoke in the area.

By Phillip De Wet
Murder charges against Marikana miners based on ‘sound principle’
Article
/ 2 September 2012

Murder charges against Marikana miners based on ‘sound principle’

The National Prosecuting Authority did not admit to any error in the decision to charge the Marikana miners for the deaths of 37 of their colleagues.

By Phillip De Wet
Study quantifies Chinese imports’ effect on job losses
Article
/ 31 August 2012

Study quantifies Chinese imports’ effect on job losses

A total of 77 751 South African jobs have been lost to Chinese imports between 2001 and 2010, according to a study released on August 31.

By Phillip De Wet
Marikana: Blood trails lead into a maze
Article
/ 31 August 2012

Marikana: Blood trails lead into a maze

Without key forensic data, one’s interpretation of events at Marikana depends on what one wants to believe.

By Phillip De Wet
Consensus on need for change
Article
/ 24 August 2012

Consensus on need for change

A week after the Marikana massacre, it is not yet clear what the long-term social, political and economic repercussions will be.

By Phillip De Wet
Questions and confusion remain at Marikana
Article
/ 23 August 2012

Questions and confusion remain at Marikana

A week later there is still no consensus about what happened at Lonmin’s Marikana mine, and crucial questions are not being answered.

By Phillip De Wet
Apartheid cop: How we would have handled Marikana
Article
/ 23 August 2012

Apartheid cop: How we would have handled Marikana

In apartheid SA, a situation like that in Marikana would have gone down very differently, according to an unreconstructed commander of the riot squad.

By Faeeza Ballim and Phillip De Wet
Lonmin tensions continue to boil
Article
/ 19 August 2012

Lonmin tensions continue to boil

Tensions look set to reignite at Lonmin’s platinum mine as striking workers vow to defy demands by the company to return to work or face dismissal.

By Nickolaus Bauer and Phillip De Wet
Malema at Marikana: ‘Many will die’
Article
/ 18 August 2012

Malema at Marikana: ‘Many will die’

Julius Malema has told striking Marikana mine workers that they should die for their cause, and urged other mineworkers to join them.

By Phillip De Wet
Zuma announces inquiry into Marikana shooting
Article
/ 17 August 2012

Zuma announces inquiry into Marikana shooting

President Jacob Zuma says a commission of inquiry will be established to investigate the cause of the Marikana shootout that led to over 30 deaths.

By Phillip De Wet
Preschool plan has high cost
Article
/ 17 August 2012

Preschool plan has high cost

Educators welcome the call to extend compulsory education, but caution it would cost dearly.

By Phillip De Wet
South Africans to have 14 years of school?
Article
/ 15 August 2012

South Africans to have 14 years of school?

If the National Planning Commission has its way, South Africans will spend an extra two years in school before matriculating.

By Phillip De Wet
Five things to watch for in the NDP
Article
/ 14 August 2012

Five things to watch for in the NDP

SA’s roadmap for the next two decades is due to be accepted by President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday. Here’s how political manoeuvring has changed it.

By Phillip De Wet
Careful, Zumaville planners: Msholozi is watching you
Article
/ 6 August 2012

Careful, Zumaville planners: Msholozi is watching you

Building Zumaville is going to be a challenge, potential town planners have been warned – not least because the president will be watching closely.

By Phillip De Wet
Phillip de Wet: Replace Angie with our very own Maggie
Analysis
/ 31 July 2012

Phillip de Wet: Replace Angie with our very own Maggie

We all know what the children need. They need Margaret Thatcher.

By Phillip De Wet
Boeremag kingpin convicted in treason trial
Article
/ 26 July 2012

Boeremag kingpin convicted in treason trial

It took more than nine years for the state to achieve its first conviction in the case but it has finally received a verdict: guilty of treason.

By Phillip De Wet
M&G journalists warned of criminal charges
Article
/ 26 July 2012

M&G journalists warned of criminal charges

M&G editor-in-chief Nic Dawes and investigative reporters Sam Sole and Stefaans Brummer have been told they are suspects in a criminal investigation.

By Phillip De Wet
Boeremag planned total onslaught
Article
/ 26 July 2012

Boeremag planned total onslaught

It’s clear the Boeremag plotters had a deadly serious intent. Phillip de Wet unpacks the plan to overthrow the SA government and start a race war.

By Phillip De Wet
M&G faces charges over Mac Maharaj
Article
/ 26 July 2012

M&G faces charges over Mac Maharaj

Editor and reporters have been warned that they are suspected of stealing confidential records in a case brought forward by Mac Maharaj.

By Phillip De Wet
What’s wrong with Ethiopia’s prime minister?
Africa
/ 19 July 2012

What’s wrong with Ethiopia’s prime minister?

Meles Zenawi has cancer, or a brain tumour, or Aids, or has been poisoned by his wife, Ethiopian dissident groups have speculated.

By Phillip De Wet
Durant Sihlali’s widow lays theft charge
Article
/ 19 July 2012

Durant Sihlali’s widow lays theft charge

The Hawks have confirmed that they are investigating a complaint of theft relating to the art of apartheid documentarian Durant Sihlali.

By Phillip De Wet
Apoplexy and ire (but no gum) as Gautrain breakdown strands commuters
Article
/ 17 July 2012

Apoplexy and ire (but no gum) as Gautrain breakdown strands commuters

Gautrain staff won’t let passengers chew gum, but they’ll apparently let them walk the tracks if their train breaks down on their morning commute.

By Phillip De Wet
Artist who transcended apartheid
Article
/ 12 July 2012

Artist who transcended apartheid

He may be the best watercolourist South Africa has ever seen, but Durant Sihlali went largely uncelebrated during his lifetime, writes Phillip de Wet.

By Phillip De Wet
Mafika Sihlali: A man ‘in a hurry’ to succeed
Article
/ 12 July 2012

Mafika Sihlali: A man ‘in a hurry’ to succeed

Despite the movement restrictions imposed by the fact he is out on bail, Mafika Sihlali is a hard man to find. Phillip de Wet reports.

By Phillip De Wet
Lawyer ‘hijacks’ art treasure
Article
/ 12 July 2012

Lawyer ‘hijacks’ art treasure

Soweto’s great art ‘rip-off’ – Late artist Durant Sihlali’s family is in a bitter dispute with ex-SABC lawyer Mafika Sihlali over his art collection.

By Phillip De Wet
A small step away from socialism
Article
/ 12 July 2012

A small step away from socialism

Marxism is growing and so are the communists, but South Africa is not dancing with Marx just yet, writes Phillip de Wet.

By Phillip De Wet
‘The Spear’ returns as gallery takes on classification
Article
/ 10 July 2012

‘The Spear’ returns as gallery takes on classification

The Goodman Gallery has appealed a ruling that children should be protected from the ‘Spear’ painting, saying the FPB does not have the authority.

By Phillip De Wet
Wage agreement buys ANC time
Article
/ 5 July 2012

Wage agreement buys ANC time

A resolution of the wage dispute between the government and more than a million of its employees may be found before the end of July.

By Phillip De Wet
Posted home: DA’s ambassadors fall one by one
Article
/ 5 July 2012

Posted home: DA’s ambassadors fall one by one

Only one foreign representative from the Democratic Alliance has been left standing, writes Phillip de Wet.

By Phillip De Wet
Much ado about nothing at ANC policy conference
Article
/ 29 June 2012

Much ado about nothing at ANC policy conference

The policies adopted at the 4th ANC policy conference propose nothing more than change through the continuity of current government policy.

By Nickolaus Bauer and Phillip De Wet
ANC: Better cadres, sport quotas stay, bride kidnap goes
Article
/ 29 June 2012

ANC: Better cadres, sport quotas stay, bride kidnap goes

The ANC policy conference released a raft of recommendations late on Thursday. Some are surprising, some new. Others are downright unimplementable.

By Phillip De Wet
Winter sells better than revolution
Article
/ 28 June 2012

Winter sells better than revolution

If you wanted a T-shirt with the face of Jacob Zuma or Kgalema Motlanthe on it, you were out of luck at the ANC policy conference.

By Phillip De Wet
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