🔒 Boardroom Talk: Reminder from distinguished Prof about how ANC and Nats are similar in so many ways
Alec Hogg writes on the portals of South African power and his insightful interviews this week with renowned South African political writers.
FW de Klerk
Lend an ear to this lord – Renwick’s appeal
In a colourful address peppered with previously unrecorded, fascinating interactions he had with De Klerk and Mandela, Renwick singles out the villains and the heroes of our recent history.
Gorbachev was good for South Africa
Southern Africans have a special reason to thank Mikhail Gorbachev. He helped bring apartheid to an end. He did this both directly and indirectly.
🔒 Premium: SA right in handling of Omicron, many elsewhere wrong
Alec Hogg is expecting plenty of questions about Omicron, the new Covid-19 variant that’s dominating much of the discussion in markets and around SA water coolers.
NP beat ANC hands down on reform – John Kane-Berman
“The NP showed what serious reform entails. President Ramaphosa and the ANC are a long way from even beginning to admit that reform is necessary.”
SA’s leadership vacuum post Mandela, De Klerk – Majozi
“The death of FW de Klerk made me reflect about SA’s current state of leadership. [It] is characterised by incompetence and indecisiveness.”
Rising to a Shakespearean challenge: The achievements of FW de Klerk
De Klerk had the courage to take a bold decision with gigantic risks. Heeding Shakespeare’s dictum he acted when the circumstances around him were most advantageous.
How world sees SA: Financial Times perspective on FW de Klerk
FW de Klerk, who died at the age of 85, presided over the voluntary handover of power by the white minority regime in conditions of remarkable peace.
How world sees SA: The Wall Street Journal on FW de Klerk
FW de Klerk, the last leader of SA’s white-minority government formed a relationship with the country’s first Black president, Nelson Mandela.
Flash Briefing: SARS ‘scores’ R172bn for the fiscus; Godongwana’s inaugural budget speech; FW de Klerk dies at age 85
SARS says its concerted effort to clamp down on tax non-compliance has resulted in R172bn for the fiscus, drawn across all tax types.