Hilarious remix: Pay back the money – what the EFF

It was inevitable. After last week’s fiasco in parliament which resulted in proceedings being suspended following Julius Malema and the EFF leading a chant that went along the lines of, ‘Pay back the money’ directed toward Jacob Zuma after his address regarding his R250 million Nkandla homestead. A DJ, who goes by the name of … Read more

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma delivers his State of the Nation address at Parliament in Cape Town February 13, 2014. REUTERS/Roger Bosch/Pool

EFF “Pay back the money”, ANC response, assaulting Parliamentary Democracy?

In the well researched and easy to read assessment, Rhodes scholar Kameel Premhid of the Helen Suzman Foundation unpacks the background to and consequences of the EFF’s dramatic “Pay back the money” chanting in Parliament yesterday. The response of the ruling ANC also reflects the dramatic change we’re witnessing in South Africa’s political landscape. Both … Read more

Video: “Pay back the money” – EFF to Zuma in parliament

Police had to break up a scuffle between EFF MPs and ANC Youth League national task team member Braam Hanekom at Parliament on Thursday. The scuffle broke out shortly after National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete adjourned the House following the Economic Freedom Fighters’ refusal to leave after she ordered them out. The EFF members stood … Read more

More questions arise from Coronation’s Abil share dumping

By Alec Hogg I received interesting response from yesterday’s newsletter regarding Coronation’s dumping of 170m Abil shares after the profit warning. Including an insider who suggested the asset manager, which for months had been former CEO Leon Kirkinis’s biggest supporter and at 20% Abil’s biggest shareholder, either employs clairvoyants or had some insights the rest … Read more

Zuma’s nephew launches land claim on 60 KZN Midlands farms

Having farmed in the KZN Midlands, I was always aware of two important issues. First, that the land is extraordinarily rich and therefore likely to attract opportunists who’d like to use their influence to advantage. But secondly, according to the local historian anyway, that there were unlikely to be any successful land claims in the … Read more

All the Land is Everyone’s: We are all Africans

A Solution to our Impasse By Colin Donian I watched Russia Today for a while this morning, with a mug of delightful coffee and a muesli rusk. I do not choke any longer when I see broken bodies in my living room. Today it was Arabs, Palestinians, Ukrainians; children, women, men. I switched off and … Read more

The CDP on Malema making parliament a circus

From SAPA Economic Freedom Fighters’ leader Julius Malema has turned Parliament into a circus, the Christian Democratic Party said on Thursday. “At the risk of giving the sensation-seeking Malema even more exposure, the CDP reacts with disgust to his disregard for parliamentary protocol,” leader Theunis Botha said in a statement. “In his maiden speech, reacting … Read more

Candid highlights of this week in quotes

From SAPA – A selection of quotes of Southern African interest   “If they think they have enough evidence, then they should go ahead and prosecute me.” – DA MP and former NPA prosecutor Glynnis Breytenbach, responding to a report that she could be prosecuted for crimes including corruption and racketeering.   “This court recommends that a … Read more

Mailbox: Would you like your daughter to bring a politician home?

It’s a safe bet that politicians are not exactly the most respected South Africans right now. You’ve really got to scratch to find any who would rank higher than used car salesmen in the public’s perception. Even my former colleague from the RDM, Helen Zille, blotted her copybook through “the kiss” and quickie divorce from … Read more