With Ukraine and Russia agreeing to meet with each other on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border for talks, perhaps we are starting to see the beginning of peace but after Putin placed his nuclear forces on high alert yesterday, any talks of peace could just be a pie in the sky thought. As this is being written, …
By now you’re aware of the ongoing conflict in Eastern Europe as Russian military forces invade Ukraine and are bearing down on the capital city of Kyiv as this is being written, with officials expecting tank attacks. The world is teetering on a knife’s edge as the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy pleads with the Western …
Opinions of the Day: How Russia’s Ukraine invasion affects Africa Read More »
With Russian boots on the ground in Ukraine following an early morning military invasion of the country announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin, what is South Africa’s positioning on all of this? After all, we have strong links to Russia through our BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) membership and while former president Jacob …
Opinions of the Day: Where does SA fall on the Russia-Ukraine conflict? Read More »
It’s budget speech day and while we’ll be glued to our TV screens at 14:00 sharp to catch finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s maiden speech, some good opinions are floating around for you to have a read before the speech. First, if you missed our morning newsletter, have a read to get the latest on what’s …
Opinions of the Day: Focusing on what Godongwana should say in his Budget Speech Read More »
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 »
