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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Justice Minister Ronald Lamola is 38 years old, which makes him the youngest member of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s cabinet. The youthful cabinet minister has long been touted as one of the future leaders within the ANC and possibly even a future president of the country. There are early signs that he could even make a …
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The State of the South African Nation is a rather bleak picture far from a vibrant and colourful portrait you might see in a contemporary art museum. When President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his State of the Nation Address (SONA) this week (form Cape Town City Hall, because, well, Parliament went up in flames) he’ll surely …
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Will Cyril Ramaphosa finally spring into action and deliver some knock-out blows to those implicated in the first two parts of the State Capture report? Hope springs eternal. While the president has done well not to get in the way of the work done by the State Capture commission as headed by deputy chief justice …
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Is the ANC in South Africa heading for the same path as the Zanu-PF did in Zimbabwe? It’s an old chestnut we’ve often heard before when those family and friends among us bemoan the state of the country, “We’re going to become just like Zimbabwe!” Both the ANC and Zanu-PF are proud liberation movements that …
As facts regarding corrupt activities in the Zondo Commission report are disclosed before the public, bemoaning the lack of ethical and transparent leadership is growing louder and louder. Since the first Zondo Commission report was released earlier this year, it is clear that drastic measures are to be taken against those implicated in the report. …
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Judge Xola Petse has taken the lead at the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) this week. He leads the committee, with 22 other commissioners to select the next Chief Justice. According to the Daily Maverick, four candidates have been nominated for the position, namely Judge Dunstan Mlambo, Judge Raymond Zondo, Judge Mbuyiseli Madlanga and Judge Mandisa …
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