April 19, 2017 Double-standards and criminal neglect of those who fill the breadbasket of our country – all driven by an outright racist, retributive agenda can be the only explanations for government ignoring incessant brutal…
17 April 2017 12:14 AM This opinion is written by Talk At Nine host and political analyst, Karima Brown. It’s not just our economy that is a mess. Our security cluster is coming apart. Trumped…
13 July 2015, 21:30 Cyril Ramaphosa was selected by the ANC to become a major beneficiary in empowerment deals. He was one of a few. These deals where aimed at creating wealth outside of the…
The markets and the unions agree: it’s time for a new broom Print edition | Leaders Apr 8th 2017 “AMANDLA” (“power” in Zulu and Xhosa), comes the cry from the podium. “Ngawethu” (“to us”), the…
Die Vryburger April 12, 2017  Mike Schüssler – Image – Die Vryburger 43% of the state’s total expenditure is currently spent on civil servants salaries, and in June there will be an increase. It…
South Africa’s public protector, Thulisile Madonsela, speaks to reporters in Johannesburg on June 7. Her seven-year term, marked by a tenacity that has brought her both celebrity and opprobrium, is up in October. (Marco Longari/AFP/Getty…
April 10, 2017 South Africa’s former public protector Thuli Madonsela cut a lonely figure in the fight against corruption. Before she left office, she produced a dossier on the extent of state capture in South…
Die Vryburger April 5, 2017 Dr. H F Verwoerd – Image Credit – Creative Commons License The decision by Standard & Poor’s to downgrade South Africa to junk status did not come as a surprise….
President Jacob Zuma appears to have survived his eighth scandal and crisis this week. In addition, four motions of no confidence at Parliament against him failed, raising doubts about the passage of the fifth motion…
/ April 6, 2017 Far from weakening his position by flying in the face of sage international and local opinion, President Zuma has consolidated his power-base within the ANC, shored up his exit strategy and…
