Panacea for SA ills

ARE you just as tired of the offensive notion that if - sorry when - Julius Malema finally buggers off under whatever rock he crawled from, poor people will be the losers because he "speaks" for the poor?

Wake up, you were sold a fairy tale

New research data is in on nationalisation - a Pandora's box hot topic led from the front by the formerly unafraid "manly" and now terribly weak ANC Youth League.

Taking on imperialism

It is strange that after beating Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma over four rounds of voting this week, Jean Ping essentially lost to himself in the last round of voting, writes Vukani Mde

Oh, the shiny road to hell...

unemployment remains high in South Africa and is one of the most pressing challenges facing our government.

Malema has irked big wigs

It's one thing to hate Zuma and quite another to set yourself up as an opponent of the entire ANC leadership, or the party itself

Zuma shows ANC champions the poor

WHEN President Jacob Zuma was asked on the Business Breakfast TV show what keeps him awake at night he unhesitatingly stated that it was the plight of the poor and what could be done to undo their poverty.

Better, this time

PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma delivered his state of the nation address, focusing as expected, on jobs, rural development, education and health.

Follow up your land right claim

I WAS really astonished to hear about the campaign by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform to trace land restitution claimants.

Teacher unions not the cause in dysfunctional education

THE call by National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) chairman Andile Lungisa to de-unionise education cannot be left unchallenged because it distorts facts and paints a very disturbing picture about the role of teacher unions in our education system.

Don't waste state resources - let the impersonator go

I TRULY and sincerely sympathise with the family and friends of late Maskandi muso Mgqumeni.