Alan Norman: “I have a dream for SA in 2017…”
Alan Norman’s dream for 2017 is that the rampant mismanagement of many of our local government institutions is arrested before they become totally dysfunctional.
Albert Luthuli
RW Johnson: Why Zuma’s ANC turning to racism, fuelling anti-white rhetoric – Best of BizNews 2016
RW Johnson argues the ruling ANC are ill-equipped to cope with the vote-eroding path it has chosen, so has started to employ crude racist tactics to shore up sliding popularity.
Riaz Gardee: Political campaigning – did the ANC ‘solely’ liberate SA?
With such complex local and global vector forces at play, who can lay claim to being solely responsible for the liberation of South Africa from apartheid? Was it the ANC?
Dalai Lama made visa application
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama made a visa application in India for entry to South Africa, the international relations department said on Thursday. “The South African High Commission in New Delhi… has received a visa application from the office of… the Dalai Lama for a planned visit… to South Africa,” spokesman Clayson Monyela said … Read more
Dalai Lama again refused entry into SA: Report
The Dalai Lama has again been refused entry to South Africa, this time for the 14th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, the Cape Times reported on Thursday. The Dalai Lama’s representative in South Africa Nangsa Choedon said officials from the department of international relations had phoned her office in the past week to say … Read more
ANC will not apologise for Nkandla – perhaps Zuma will: Mantashe
From SAPA The ANC will not apologise for the findings of the Nkandla report, its secretary general said on Thursday. “If there is a need for an apology, it can’t be the ANC. If need be, it can be from the president or it may be by the relevant ministers,” Gwede Mantashe told reporters in … Read more