WHEN REVOLUTION BECAME PROCUREMENT: COMRADES & CONTRADICTIONS

They stood shoulder to shoulder once, in boots and khakis, in underground cells and faraway capitals. They crossed borders at night, memorised ciphers, and whispered code names in the dark. They were comrades. Now they meet awkwardly at business-class lounges or government banquets, offering half-smiles and evasive eyes. They sign off on tenders and patronage. […]

HOW RAMAPHOSA & CO INADVERTENTLY SHOT THEMSELVES IN THE FOOT IN AMERICA

Inadvertently, President Cyril Ramaphosa and his team to the White House ended up achieving what they never set out as their goal in the first place: Confirming before the international media that South Africa is suffering from ubiquitous crime. South Africa’s detractors have often described our country as the crime capital of the world. And, […]