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Category: Political Commentary
OPINION: Only a white Afrikaner male leader can save the DA from further imploding
‘The DA is well on its way on the path of destruction, and it’s best we…
A watershed moment awaits the DA
A potential split and a renewed factional battle are two of the possibilities that might emerge…
OPINION: Kanya Cekeshe feels the wrath of a double standard justice system
When magistrate Theunis Carstens handed judgement and denied Fees Must Fall activist Kanya Cekeshe bail, not…
Ace Magashule is already building the ground for his Deputy President ambition
In life, it is often said that those who plan ahead always at times achieve their…
Opinion: The Fees Must Fall generation still living with trauma
When I found myself unable to get out of bed for days in late 2018, I…
Zille’s return to politics might give birth to splinter party
Former Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille maintains that her stance to contest for the Federal…
Maimane battles ‘apartheid agents’ in the DA
The big question on everyone’s lips is whether the under-fire Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane…
The danger of re-electing embattled former mayor as chairperson
The African National Congress (ANC) in Kwa-Zulu Natal is expected to announce the date for the…
It is time for Mangosuthu Buthelezi to leave Parliament
The Parliament of South Africa is often and rightly accused of being an old age home.…
Let’s not force each other on how to remember Robert Mugabe
Since the passing of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, there have been many superlatives used to…
Batohi has had enough time to settle down, it is now the time to act
It has been almost eight months since National Director of Public Prosecutions Shamila Batohi took over…
The ANC should be ashamed for replacing a woman with a man in the eThekwini municipality
Mxolisi Kaunda will finally take over the reins as the new mayor of the troubled eThekwini…
The EFF must walk the talk in Herman Mashaba’s motion of no confidence
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) are yet to announce how they will vote in the upcoming…
The real reason why the ANC is trying to hijack power in the City of Johannesburg
If the motion of no confidence in the executive mayor of Johannesburg was voted for by…
Ramaphosa must save SA, but he is not immune to the rule of law
The Jacob Zuma presidency has certainly left many South Africans damaged, battered and disorientated. With all…
Eskom does not need recycled executives to turnaround
For a country that has about 10.2 million unemployed citizens, for one to have double jobs…
OPINION: Ramaphosa needs the Webb Ellis trophy more than Kolisi and Erasmus
‘Sport can create hope where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than government…