BY HLANGANANI GUMBI
E.TV’s 3rd Degree show and post debate on 3rd Degree Plus on 25th May 2010 centred around racism and left one deeply saddened at the entrenched racism in our society. The show covered a number of incidents from the effects of the AWB Leader Eugene Terre’blanche murder, to the both previous and recent [...]
Ethnic nationalism breeds racism and causes divisions
We must guard against those who threaten our democracy
BY HLANGANANI S. GUMBI
World Movement for Democracy is an international network of organizations who share the common goal of promoting democracy. Its missions are to strengthen democracy where it is weak, reform and invigorate democracy even where it is longstanding, and bolster pro-democracy groups in countries that have not yet entered into a process of democratic transition.
The [...]
An anti-Malema campaign isn’t the answer to the Julius problem
BY AKANYANG MEREMENTSI
The Freedom Front Plus has laid a hate speech complaint against African National Congress Youth League president Julius ‘Juju’ Malema and even called for his prosecution.
This came after Juju allegedly said the boers (reference to white people) must be killed for they are rapists when he addressed students at the University [...]
Zille must Zuma Max too
BY AKANYANG MEREMENTSI
President Jacob Zuma had an affair with a woman who was not his wife. They both had a child, and as per cultural norms, Zuma did pay his dues and apologised to South Africa (and probably his wives too — one just wonders how they took the news) with the hope [...]
What the “f***k” is going on in Parliament?
BY AKANYANG MEREMENTSI
You actually did not hear me say this, but write it because some parliamentarian is reported to have told another parliamentarian (possibly the president) exactly that. Now that’s AYOBA!
One says AYOBA because this has never happened in the Mandela time, or even Mbeki time for that matter. And [...]
Open the door wider, in anyway possible
BY HLANGANANI GUMBI
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has entered into what should be a new and most exciting decade for politics in South Africa. The DA has grown from a minor opposition party to the efficient and effective official opposition it is today. If the strategists who engineered this immense growth continue with the bold and [...]
Our prez is ignoring climate change peril
The negotiations that will plot the world’s new climate change framework are less than six months away. But you wouldn’t think so if you listened to President Jacob Zuma’s first “State of the Nation” address. This is worrying as climate change should be on the mind of every leader, says shadow environment minister Gareth Morgan.
Madam Minister, don’t be afraid to keep the coal in the hole
Shadow environment minister Gareth Morgan says the environmental management of mines needs urgent attention. With the sector continuing to externalise many of its costs to the detriment of both human and environmental health, how will water and environmental affairs minister Buyelwa Sonjica, the former minister of minerals and energy, respond to mining’s environmental impact?
ANC will savage any opposition to its bid for perpetual rule
Alex Matthews argues that plans by the ANC to destabilise and distract from opposition leader Helen Zille from fulfilling her duties as premier of the Western Cape shows the contempt that our ruling party has for democracy. He argues that the ANC will brutally undermine any opposition to its bid for perpetual rule.
Zille should not stoop to Malema’s level
Outspoken human rights activist Rhoda Kadalie says that Helen Zille should be careful not to stoop to Malema’s level. Zille has experienced how the ANC tried to topple her when she became Mayor. With MK war veterans threatening to make the Western Cape ungovernable, the game now is the same, if not more vicious.
