Herbst: ANC & Western Cape farmers – an affair set to spark food riots
Across the political spectrum, the warnings become ever more urgent. The spectre of food riots is a probability more than a possibility, writes Ed Herbst.
Senzeni Zokwana
Maize price fixing probe. Cosatu concerned traders manipulating drought.
South African competition authorities says they will investigate allegations that soaring maize prices are being manipulated by traders to the detriment of the poor.
Minister says apartheid caused land degradation
The apartheid-era land use system caused degradation of land, Agriculture Minister Senzeni Zokwana has said. “All these forms of degradation have compromised the capacity of black rural communities to derive economic growth from the agriculture sector,” Zokwana said at the sixth biennial landcare conference in Durban on Monday. The summit ends on Thursday. The apartheid … Read more
Du Plessis: New political era dawning – ANC’s future Opposition is a Labour Party
To understand the present, read history. Trade union Solidarity’s General Secretary Gideon du Plessis helps us to cut through the noise and confusion in this excellent blog where he traces the roots of the current labour chaos and reaches logical conclusions. Including how unionised workers are tiring of their leaders’ motives, and seeing their political … Read more