#ThisFlag pastor: ‘Our voice is our weapon’ – nothing’s going to stop us
Following a historic release from prison, Evan Mawarire is in a defiant mood. The man who started the #ThisFlag movement, is adamant the world is finally getting the real Zimbabwean story. Mawarire,...
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“Arms deal unleashed culture of corruption”- activist seeks ConCourt’s...
All great trees start with a seed, and so good things are born, the same is true for the not so good. Terry Crawford-Browne has been championing an unbiased Arms deal probe since the deal ballooned to...
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Herbst: The offer still stands, Mr Fransman
By Ed Herbst* Ed Herbst, former television journalist “Carlisle, calling Fransman ‘gutless’, challenged him to clear his name.” Quinton Mtyala, Cape Times 24/2/2011 The news that Marius Fransman had...
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When it looks, smells like a pig – usually is. Tale of the SAA whistleblowers.
Alec Hogg was on the money when he said, it’s a win for the small guys. This soon after pressure from Wayne Duvenage’s OUTA saw South African Airways terminate a deal with BnP capital, which had a R256...
View ArticleHistory’s lesson: SA’s corrupt cronies will be thwarted. It’s inevitable.
Back in South Africa after moving to London in May, helps me see the country through foreign eyes – a novel but exhilarating experience. Mainly: if there are better value-for-money destinations on...
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Gordhan sparks Myeni feud – SAA needs a board ‘clear out’
Talk can keep you afloat for so long but eventually action is required. And Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s statement that South African Airways needs a whole new board is welcome but it’s a common...
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Cathy Buckle: The Zimbabwean unthinkable – fighting with ‘button’ sticks
It’s difficult to pick up the real atmosphere of what’s happening on the ground in Zimbabwe, but there seems to be an air of optimism. It’s born from an extremely desperate economic situation. And is...
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Lessons from Brexit: SA youth take note – own your future.
Never discount your vote, just look at what happened in the United Kingdom. And while more than 50 percent of those who voted, wanted to leave Europe, only 72 percent of those who could vote did so....
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DA’s Trollip: We will deliver. After today, corruption will be gone in NMB
By Thulani Gqirana Port Elizabeth – DA mayoral candidate Athol Trollip said on Thursday he had never seen the ANC fretting over results as they were in Nelson Mandela Bay. Addressing media on the steps...
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Net1 gets subjected to the ugly face of capitalism
By Alec Hogg A good friend who earns her crust consulting to big companies reckons people are fundamentally good. And says there is nothing inherently wrong with corporations. But together – it’s...
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Cathy Buckle: Brutality, bravery collide – Zim’s new patriotic surge
A picture tells more than a thousand words, and Cathy Buckle reflects on three. All highlighting an increased form of brutality in Zimbabwe as the government defends President-For-Life Robert Mugabe....
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#Oilgate: How insiders stole R1.5bn in sale of SA’s strategic oil stockpile
In December, South Africa’s Government sold its entire strategic fuel reserve, 10m barrels of crude oil, at a substantial discount to the price at which the commodity traded. It was a stinky...
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#Oilgate outrage: South Africans speak up about oil sale scandal
Oilgate, South Africa’s sale of its entire oil reserve at well below market prices, has sent shock waves across the nation. With benefits to the tune of at least R1,5bn, and possibly more, speculation...
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Gordhan: “I don’t know whether I did the right thing taking this job?”
They say it isn’t healthy to place too much hope on one man, but in South Africa’s case, it’s all the community has left. The municipal election results brought with them hope, hope that the country...
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A week that proved SA possesses democracy’s vital ingredient – courage
By Alec Hogg Yesterday it took a man from another continent to put my homeland’s recent political ructions into perspective. After the eight year long American Revolutionary War, he said, the US had to...
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Brilliant analysis: #GordhanGate – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The scenario planners are out, as the knives circle finance minister Pravin Gordhan. And unfortunately this is not the first time, and if he survives this current onslaught, one can be forgiven for...
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Mugabe raises ‘Africa Spring’ stakes – ‘won’t tolerate protests anymore’
By News24 correspondent Zimbabwe protests Harare – President Robert Mugabe’s spokesperson George Charamba has said that opposition protests in Harare last week “crossed a line” – and the authorities...
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SA’s future? Brazil’s Rousseff impeached, signals rightist shift
When one draws comparisons between Brazil and South Africa there are a few. Both have young democracies, lagging economic growth and high unemployment, while government is littered with corruption...
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Understanding Jacob Zuma: Why Guptas more valued than ANC – expert analysis
South Africa is on the brink of an economic crisis as a plan by President Jacob Zuma and associates to gain greater control of state entities takes shape. It puzzles many that Zuma, who rose to power...
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Sara Gon: Lessons from Brazil? Be careful what you wish for
By Sara Gon* Sara Gon is a Policy Fellow at the IRR, a think tank that promotes economic and political liberty In 2012 ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe declared that SA’s “Lula moment starts now”....
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