Give Him Enough Rope
(Politics)
In this column on March 15 (“The summer of our discontent”) I signalled what I thought was a discernible hardening of attitude on the part of the wider Afrikaans community. [...]
Read More- Posted on 15th Apr 2010
by David Gleason - 1 comments
How The West Was Lost
(Politics)
In the cavitations of the grizzly Eugene TerreBlanche murder you might think an article on socialised Health Care in the United States is rather arbitrary. It probably is. But, I [...]
Read More- Posted on 14th Apr 2010
by Jerome Mitchell - 3 comments
Live By The Vote, Die By The Panga
(Politics)
On April 27th 1994 South Africa held its first election based on universal suffrage and thus affected a peaceful transfer of power to the African National Congress led by Nelson [...]
Read More- Posted on 12th Apr 2010
by Hannes Wessels - 4 comments
The Summer Of Our Discontent
(Politics)
“Everything is about politics,” said the late Helen Suzman. And, yes, it is, which is why it is impossible to review commerce, businesses and the economy while pretending that the [...]
Read More- Posted on 9th Apr 2010
by David Gleason - 3 comments
The Hedonistic Champion of the Poor
(Politics)
It has become clear that The Star (Independent Newspapers) and Sunday Times (Avusa) have launched a campaign to unseat ANC Youth League president Julius Malema. Both newspapers have devoted many [...]
Read More- Posted on 3rd Mar 2010
by David Gleason - 2 comments
(Approaching) Christmas Diary…
(Culture)
Only Emos and the British make number 2’s on aeroplanes.
When the monk Da Mo spent seven solitary years in a cave perfecting the martial art which would eventually become Kung [...]
- Posted on 1st Dec 2009
by Simon Reader - 1 comments
Reitz & Taxes
(Politics)
The story of the Reitz 4 was tailored for the ANC religion and its disciples have gone forth to carry its oldest adage.
Like an acne troubled teenager checking the mirror [...]
- Posted on 11th Nov 2009
by Jerome Mitchell - 2 comments