đź”’ WORLDVIEW: Brazil – corrupt president, elections soon, showing way for SA
There is a clear political connection between the new South Africa and what happens in countries on the continent immediately to its west.
There is a clear political connection between the new South Africa and what happens in countries on the continent immediately to its west.
Terence Corrigan looks at current trends in South Africa’s mineral sector and draws some parallels with Venezuela, a country that’s burning under socialist rule.
Having Herman Mashaba become Mayor of Johannesburg was a sticking point Malema highlighted, an obvious attempt to isolate the entrepreneur.
The Financial Times of London hasn’t let SA’s municipal elections pass quietly. The influential newspaper reaches a similar conclusion to other pundits: the ruling ANC is in decline.
Venezuela’s opposition won a majority of 99 out of 167 seats in the state legislature, electoral authorities said, the first such shift in power in congress in 16 years.
The global political realignment is set to continue over the weekend as voters head to the polls in two of the last bastions of socialism – Venezuela and France.
When Hugo Chavez first took office as Venezuela’s president in 1999, the country wasn’t exactly anybody’s economic model.
Long regarded as one of SA’s most talented writers, Rian Malan has lost none of his sharp edge. He’s at it again here in exposing the real Julius Malema.