This past week, as another large protest against corruption and the rule of President Jacob Zuma took place at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, it was hard not to compare it with the gathering at Kliptown in Soweto that Zuma himself presided over on the same day. It was the president’s 75th birthday, among other..
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The Secret Balloting System might come back and bite us.
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“MPs must serve the people, not political parties” – Mbeki
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Former President Thabo Mbeki has weighed in on the debate around Parliament removing the current president, saying MPs are not beholden to their party. Instead, they must vote according to the wishes of the people that put them there. In a letter in The Star on Tuesday, Mbeki said: “It is obvious and logical that..
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What Comes After The ANC? Revisiting Our Vision Of Tomorrow
“Last week’s marches were racist” – Zuma
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President Jacob Zuma on Monday described last week’s protests demanding that he resign as racist. Tens of thousands of demonstrators, angered by years of corruption scandals, record unemployment and slowing economic growth under Zuma’s rule, marched through cities on Friday. Zuma’s recent sacking of finance minister Pravin Gordhan unleashed a fresh bout of public frustration,..
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White people who own land in SA – bought it or negotiated for it !!
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The general assumption that land was stolen from black people is not correct, this is according to Congress of the People (Cope) leader Mosiuoa Lekota. Speaking on Talk Radio 702 on Monday, Lekota said that white people who own land in South Africa bought it following negotiations which saw the introduction of title deeds. “This..
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Farmers are smiling … for now !!
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Laurens Schlebusch farms with crops and livestock in the Free State. Looking around his farmlands, he says the drought has almost certainly been broken. He has just been driving through his crops of sunflower and maize. “Compared to last year, it looks much better. Our crops look good and the veld looks much better. We..
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Prasa board reinstated and Transport Minister to pay the costs
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PRETORIA – The High Court in Pretoria has reinstated the Prasa board headed by chairperson Popo Molefe. Molefe and the other ousted members had asked the court to set aside then Transport Minister Dipuo Peters’ decision to dissolve the board, saying it was irrational and unlawful. Peters, who has now been removed as minister, took..
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Eskom bent over backwards to award the Gupta family a R4bn coal supply contract
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Tegeta Exploration and Resources is owned by the Gupta family and President Jacob Zuma’s son Duduzane. Treasury has been at loggerheads with Eskom over the Tegeta deal ever since its investigations of contracts over R10m at the power utility. The Sunday Times revealed that former Eskom boss Brian Molefe and Eskom board chairperson Ben Ngubane..
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Trevor Manuel wants oath-breaking Zuma to resign
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Trevor Manuel is the highest profile ANC leader yet to call on President Jacob Zuma to resign. A politician since 1981 and South Africa’s highly respected Minister of Finance from 1996 to 2009, he served presidencies of Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki and Kgalema Motlanthe. Manuel chaired the National Development Plan and during the First Zuma..
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Not only whites eager to escape South Africa
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There has been a notable increase in the number of people looking to emigrate from South Africa following the economic and political events of this past week. This is according to immigration consultant, Chris Watters, who spoke to 702’s Abongile Nzelenzele. “On average we may receive a couple of inquiries a week whereas this week..
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Food Prices my rise due to Radical Economic Transformation
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The fact that the new finance minister appears quite indifferent about the country’s newly acquired junk status, and the fact that President Zuma did not want to talk about it, is shocking. It shows an absolute indifference to the fate of consumers and the poor of the country, said the president of TAU SA, Mr…
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Institute of Race Relations states that BEE failed
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What the public have long known by visible experience, is now recognised – black economic empowerment is a failure. This is confirmed by the Institute of Race Relations. Only 14% of the country’s blacks benefited from BEE. But what is not mentioned in the report, is the millions that went to the top ANC cadres..
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The True Reason behind the sacking of Gordan and what will happen next
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What explains the allegedly irrational decisions taken by the South African government over recent days? Two explanations suggest themselves. The first is that the decisions were not irrational, but part of a calculated power-play designed to further entrench the Zuma-aligned faction of the African National Congress (ANC). The second is that Mr Zuma took the..
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Act Of Stupidity Or Not?
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The ANC mistakenly sent notes about its national working committee meeting to its media national working committee meeting on Tuesday night April 4, 2017.The NWC met in Johannesburg as divisions deepen following President Jacob Zuma’s Cabinet reshuffle last week. According to the email sent out by mistake, issues discussed included: Change of leadership and attendant..
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