As with Mugabe, so with Zuma – nations don’t forgive economically illiterate leaders
While much emotional energy is being expended on Zexit, as it was with Mugabe, so it will be with Zuma.
While much emotional energy is being expended on Zexit, as it was with Mugabe, so it will be with Zuma.
The Zuptoid plundering of South Africa’s national resources is also rapidly approaching its “suddenly” point. Evidence is everywhere from Eskom to SAA, the SABC to the latest Gupta midnight flit.
Momentum from civil society is building. Although a turbulent period lies ahead, the young SA democracy is sure to emerge stronger. Hope springs.
Propaganda is counter-productive and only hastens the demise of evil when a multitude of other voices exist. Strip away the ANC’s good news filters and it’s clear this is happening today in SA.
A national broadcaster is charged with telling the truth; with serving the nation by exposing myths and protecting citizens against abuse by the powerful.
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan yesterday warned that an extra R28bn in fresh tax will be needed to balance next year’s books.
The way South Africa approaches free speech will determine whether it follows the disaster called Zimbabwe, or manages to arrest the slide and settle into a Kenyan-type future.
Ed Herbst was reminded of the Harksens when he saw Judge Siraj Desai testifying during the interviews in Parliament to choose the next Public Protector.
The time is ripe at UCT and elsewhere for transparent, democratic, intimidation-free, and unbiased investigation to identify problems and shared goals.
In a final victory over the SABC’s censorship policy, the public broadcaster finally conceded to allow the four journalists, who had been dismissed, to return to work tomorrow morning.