SLR: Tito, a Scotch (or two) and his Twitter account
Simon Lincoln Reader offers his opinion on why Twitter, government and Scotch should never combine, much less at a time when South Africa faces a tough recovery.
race relations
Vilifying the liberals, a dangerous new SA sport
This is an essential read to anyone who has to navigate daily the degrading and ‘othering’ terminology that dominates our modern South African politics.
Cutting through racial rhetoric – jobs, service delivery, crime stutter SA’s progress
The Institute of Race Relations has published its South Africa Survey annually since 1946. It’s now a more than 900 page document. Anthea Jeffery has minced through the 2016 findings and shares a few of her outcomes.
Jo-Ann Downs: “I have a dream for SA in 2017…”
ACDP NEC chairperson and former KwaZulu-Natal politician Jo-Ann Downs shares her dream for South Africa in 2017.
Pressly backs Jeffery: NHI follows in BEE’s slipstream – ‘It’s lunacy’
National Health Insurance (NHI) is drawing a raft of criticism and following Anthea Jeffery’s piece which outlined all that’s wrong with the policy white paper, Donwald Pressly joins the chorus.
Dave Steward: Judge Jansen’s lack of judgement highlighted culture of rape and racism
There is undoubtedly a culture of rape in South Africa, but where Judge Mabel Jansen showed a lack of judgment was she linked it to a specific community.
REWIND: Papenfus: To Labour Minister Oliphant, what must we do about these Whites?
Gerhard Papenfus seeks clarity on Labour Minister Oliphant’s comments that ‘whites’ are the stumbling block in terms of her transformation agenda.
Sara Gon: Fikile Mbalula – The Propaganda Director
The Institute of Race Relations’ Sara Gon takes aim at the Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula, who’s recent antics have seen sports fans up in arms.
Phumlani UMajozi: Zuma’s govt – the architect of SA’s economic crisis
Phumlani UMajozi is bewildered that the general public cannot see that government is the architect of the current economic crisis bedevilling the country.