There was a time, many years ago, but not before 1994, when South Africa seemed unstoppably on the rise. Hundreds of civil society movements, which had been doing social justice work in communities around the country, together with several labour unions, had coalesced behind the recently unbanned African National Congress to help it win the …
Much has been written over the past week over the need to fire and replace some members of President Ramaphosa’s cabinet who have shown themselves to be woefully inept at their designated portfolios in the wake of the rioting, looting and insurrection that gripped the nation and ravaged large parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. The …
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Investec CEO Fani Titi tells Financial Mail editor, Rob Rose, that business will have to lead the economic recovery and government and ANC insiders who have been notoriously suspicious and sceptical of business leaders need to work together now. Titi says that President Ramaphosa’s response to the unrest was “absolutely shocking” and that stronger leadership …
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There has been a lot written over the past two weeks about the looting, violence, and failed insurrection following the imprisonment of former president Jacob Zuma and while there may well be a great deal more to write as we delve deeper into the root cause of all the mayhem there does seem to be …
As we begin to pick up the pieces of shattered glass and damaged goods that lay discarded after a week of violence and looting that ravished the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, questions have come to the fore over governments response or lack of appropriate response to the “insurrection” as President Cyril Ramaphosa called it. …
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In a week of utter chaos, violence, and destruction we have only just begun to access the scale of the damage wrought by looting and protests supposedly in the wake of the arrest of Jacob Zuma. But dark forces have been afoot since the very beginning of this latest episode of the everlasting Zuma saga …
Last night President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation for the second time in as many days as the country stood on the precipice of destruction with Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal embroiled in chaos. Looters have been on days’ long rampages across the two provinces and the president finally saw fit to deploy the SANDF to help …
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“Sphela Ndawonde. Say his name. The Johannesburg security guard is the first person to be killed as a result of the destructive misinformation campaign stoked by convict Jacob Zuma’s family and sycophants in the wake of his imprisonment last week.” Adriaan Basson’s stirring opening paragraph underlines the horrific scenes playing out across Kwa-Zulu Natal and …
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With a little over 40 mins to go until the midnight deadline, Jacob Zuma finally handed himself over to the authorities at his Nkandla homestead last night to begin serving his 15-month prison sentence. The embattled former president now faces the daily clothing option of an orange overall, and that suits South African’s just fine. …
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Government needs to tell the public how it decides which population groups are next to receive their vaccinations. Financial Mail columnist Razina Munshi drives home the point in her latest piece asking whether supermarket cashiers should be next in line to receive their jabs over police and security services. Munshi also makes reference to the …
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