We’re a tough lot, us South Africans, always up for the fight and ready to take a hit. We’ll probably take some more hits when Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivers his maiden Budget Speech on Wednesday. But we’ll get back up and dust ourselves off and keep plodding on because that’s what we do, we …
Opinions of the Day: Yet another illness at home, dealing with Russian troops abroad Read More »
We’ve all become so accustomed to government ineptitude that when a politician or official does what is expected of them, we seem to fawn over the action and heap praise on something that should have been done in the first place. Last week the municipal leaders in the City of Tshwane and Johannesburg started a …
Opinions of the Day: There shouldn’t be praise for simply doing your job Read More »
News24’s Friday Briefing raises some interesting questions around Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent moves to bring private sector heavyweights into government, thereby circumventing his cabinet and perhaps creating the basis for a parallel cabinet to form. During his State of the Nation Address (SONA) last week, Ramaphosa said he would be bringing Sipho Nkosi and Daniel Mmimele, …
Opinions of the Day: Is Cyril Ramaphosa moving towards an imperial presidency? Read More »
What actions should be taken, if any, to discipline the Judicial Service Commission’s (JSC) commissioners following their appalling conduct during the recent interviews for the next chief justice of the Constitutional Court? Following on from our piece yesterday, we brought you William Gumede’s argument that the JSC should be reformed and the power to appoint …
The Judicial Services Commission interviews to find the next chief justice of the Constitutional Court turned farcical when JSC members Dali Mpofu and Julius Malema ambushed judges Dunstan Mlambo and Raymond Zondo. Adding to that drama was the shouting match between justice minister Ronald Lamola and Malema. Mpofu, in particular, was ready to gun for …
Opinions of the Day: Get politicians away from ConCourt appointments Read More »
How much more can our tourism industry take? Arguably, the sectors affected most by the Covid-19 pandemic over the past two years have been tourism and hospitality and it has been a problem the world over and not just in South Africa. Some 200,000 hospitality workers in SA have been affected by ongoing Covid health …
Opinions of the Day: Blue Train is the latest gut punch to our tourism sector Read More »
Given time and reflection on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) speech last week it’s easy to get caught up in all the pageantry of the affair and the pretty words used to paint a picture of a South Africa hurtling into a brighter future. But when you sit with the text …
Opinions of the Day: Whatever happened to the promises made in the previous SONA(s)? Read More »
Are we ready for a world without Facebook in it? The social media giant recently rebranded itself as Meta Platforms due to ongoing criticism around privacy concerns and a failure to deal with hate speech and misinformation on the platform But that might be the least of the company’s worries, it is in a spot …
Opinions of the Day: Is the Facebook bubble about to burst Read More »
What if Cyril Ramaphosa took a leaf out of the Winston Churchill playbook and dismissed all his cabinet ministers during his State of the Nation Address tonight and appointed an emergency cabinet filled with the country’s best and brightest to tackle the country’s mounting issues. In World War II, when Nazi Germany was advancing across …
Opinions of the Day: Why not fire the cabinet at tonight’s SONA, Mr President? Read More »
It’s very easy to look past Cyril Ramaphosa’s shortcomings when you consider what the alternative to his presidency might have looked like and what destruction that would have wrought on the country. But surely as a citizenry, we have long recognised that the “New Dawn” PR slogan that was bandied about when the president was …
Opinions of the Day: It’s time for action at SONA Read More »
