LET SENSE PREVAIL: LOBBYING AND CORRUPTION ARE NOT THE SAME
Do not even try to suggest synonymity. On the matter now threatened between ActionSA’s Michael Beaumont and Tony Leon’s private company Resolve Communications, lobbying has suddenly been sprung up to be mistakenly interchangeable by the untutored to mean the same thing as corruption. The two are expediently now cast as neck to neck in the […]
WESTERN SAHARA PEACE TALKS – HOW DIRCO LET DOWN PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA
President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his 2nd State of the Nation (SONA) address under the auspices of the Government of National Unity (GNU). The significance of this was overwhelming. This was only the second time since the dawn of democracy in April 1994 that Mandela’s party, the ANC, has not enjoyed a monopoly on determining the country’s […]
MEC MNTOMUHLE KHAWULA’S REMARKS AT THE G20 CULTURE MINISTERS MEETING
“It is a profound honour to address this distinguished gathering of global cultural leaders – on behalf of the people and government of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa – at this official opening of the G20 Culture Working Group and Ministerial Meeting. KwaZulu-Natal is known across the world for its resilience, warmth, and diversity – a […]
PROTESTERS OUTSIDE JOBURG NPA BUILDING DEMAND: “GNU: HANDS OFF XOLANI KHOZA!”
Dozens of people demonstrated peacefully outside the Johannesburg office of the National Prosecuting Authority to demand that the charges against Xolani Gregory Khoza be dropped at once. Khoza will appear in court on 9 July in Mbombela. A member of the Economic Freedom Fighters and trade-unionist, Khoza is being charged under the apartheid-era Riotous Assemblies […]
REFLECTION ON 31 YEARS OF “POST APARTHEID” SA
On the 24th of April 2024 I was invited by Tim Modise, a veteran journalist and broadcaster to speak on a “Reflection of 31 Years of Post Apartheid SA”. Of course, I have reservations on whether there is a “Post Apartheid SA” as a religious, economic, and social Apartheid is still real in a visible […]
GNU ENTANGLEMENT: DA WILL NOT ABANDON THE ANC
If I were allowed to have two titles for this piece, I would have easily said: “Comfort in Chaos.” Conor McGregor might have unintentionally described the Democratic Alliance entanglement with the ANC in the GNU when he said: “The more you seek the uncomfortable, the more you will become comfortable”. It is an open secret […]
THERE’S A SENSE THAT SA’S GNU IS TEETERING ON THE EDGE COLLAPSE
By all accounts, South Africa’s conundrum that is the Government of National Unity (GNU) will likely fester into a debilitating wound before it gets healed anytime soon. The revelation of the DA and Patriotic Alliance (PA), two of the mainstay of the GNU, plus the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) – undertaking what looks like […]
NOTHING ‘SECRET’ ABOUT PA MPS’ TRIP TO HOLY LAND
The following statement was released by the Patriotic Alliance (PA): “Ever since GOOD secretary-general Brett Herron has been unable to return to Parliament as a Member of Parliament (because his party only got one seat in the last elections), he has clearly been sitting at home bored and scrolling through Facebook for things to talk […]
OPENING OF THE AZIZ PAHAD INAUGURAL ANNUAL PEACE, SECURITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE
Speech Delivered by Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola, under the theme: Constitutionalism as the Foundation of Nation Building and Social Cohesion: A Reflection of 30 Years of Freedom, Equity and Justice in a Post Apartheid South Africa. “As we gather here today and this moment in history, we must guard against the […]
“KILL THE BOER, KILL THE FARMER” CHANT FUELLED BY THE LINGERING RACIAL INEQUITIES OF THE NEW SA
On March 21, EFF leader Julius Malema – a rabble-rouser of note – disrupted SA’s national peace and comfort when he chanted the controversial political slogan “kill the boer, kill the farmer”. One thing for sure Malema knew too well that no one, not even AfriForum, could haul him before the courts. In 2022, AfriForum […]
REMARKS BY DEPUTY PRESIDENT MASHATILE DURING INTERVIEW WITH THE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE CLUB OF JAPAN
“Good afternoon, I would like to begin by officially thanking all the Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Senior Government Officials, the South African Embassy and all our counterparts for making this short visit a great success. The past three days have been very busy with the delegation and I meeting with the Prime Minister, Chief Cabinet Secretary, members […]
NEW DATE SET FOR SA’S BUDGET SPEECH
After the failed tabling of the national budget vote speech last month, the government has announced that the new date is now March 12, 2025. Difference of opinion among various parties in the Government of National Unity (GNU) had fiercely argued and disagreed over the imposition of increased VAT (Value Added Tax), some claiming it […]