Land restitution fails as new owners duped into unfavourable arrangements – Chuck Stephens
Chuck Stephens digs deep into American history and slavery where he found that slaves who were eventually freed did not manage to achieve equality.
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How the going got weird at Independent – by the not-so-weird who went
It was a gathering of all those wounded, slighted, defamed and/or fired by Dr Iqbal Survé, owner of Sekunjalo Holdings and Independent Newspapers, plus a host of others similarly outraged.
Avoid ‘junk’ by slaughtering the three sacred cows – Anthea Jeffery
Anthea Jeffery has singled out “three sacred cows” – land expropriation, NHI and the mining charter – that should be slaughtered to address South Africa’s accelerating economic crisis.
Cyril ‘die kalf is in die put’ – CDE
The Centre for Development and Enterprise adds a very stern warning to Ramaphosa and outlines the “pressing need for faster economic reform” and says for the government not to act now amounts to “malpractice.
Sanef loses ‘hate speech’ interdict against EFF – a wry De Vos unpicks
There’s some irony in Pierre de Vos not being consulted by the SA National Editor’s Forum in bringing their interdict against the EFF.
Zille and Kriel – a quirky retrospective
Politics makes for quirky comparisons, especially when viewed through a historical prism or in the light of the DA’s national versus regional dilemma.
Two heads are better than one in the land reform debate – Stephens
Chuck Stephens recently put forward the idea that South African farmers should help the land reform process by volunteering to share or give away parts of their farms.
From deception to incompetence; The Trojan horse of SA’s spy chiefs
According to Muhammed Sayed, when you pick apart the droppings of this media Trojan Horse, there’s not very much substance to be found.
‘Clear, manage and educate’ – how to handle the Cape’s fire hazard
Wildfires are becoming more common and devastating as seen in recent cases in Australia and California, while Cape Town is also no stranger to fires.
A call for voluntary ‘equalisation’ in SA – Chuck Stephens
South Africa is said to have a triple problem of poverty, unemployment and inequality. Chuck Stephens thinks those three words are intentionally strung backwards.