1 July 2022 - You can’t trust someone who won’t eat meat. Luckily, our ever-alert government has cracked down on the perfidy of duplicitous vegetarians and vegans.
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Cut the reddest tape at Eskom – IRR
1 July 2022 - Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan has boldly called for the scrapping of all “the damn red tape” inhibiting power production and prolonging South Africa’s struggle under Stage 6 load-shedding. It’s time for action to match the words.
1 July 2022 - News24 readers are indebted to Gwede Mantashe and Siya Khumalo for expanding the conversation around the African National Congress' policy and practice of cadre deployment. ("Mantashe slams Zondo, says apartheid officials would still be in charge without cadre deployment" and "If DA uses tone-sensitive communication, it can get buy-in on cadre deployment stance", both 25 June).
Launch of the Free Speech Union South Africa
29 June 2022 - The Institute of Race Relations is proud to announce the formation of the Free Speech Union South Africa (FSU SA).
28 June 2022 - While pitting constitutional democracies and capitalism against Marxist-inspired ideologies, the last Cold War slowed South Africa’s political transition. Today’s version, about authoritarianism versus representative forms of government, can aid opportunists seeking to undermine our democratic institutions.
26 June 2022 - The same risk that attended the decline of the once seemingly invulnerable National Party from the end of the 1980s once more looms ever larger as the inevitability of the ANC’s downfall gains credence.
24 June 2022 - It’s a lazy cliché that South Africa is a divided society, when in reality there are many things that unite us. Unfortunately, some of the most powerful experiences all South Africans share are of trauma rather than triumph.
24 June 2022 - Minister Fix Fokol has done nothing to resolve the inability of the National Public Transport Regulator to issue tour vehicle operating licences. Now he plans to extend the failure to the freight sector.
24 June 2022 - Thinking about this week’s column, I recalled watching Oprah Winfrey’s controversial interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (that’s how her website named them) last year. I’m not sure why. Something that has stuck with me about that event was Winfrey’s use of the term ‘your truth’.
23 June 2022 - The United States is kindling a new Cold War across Africa aimed at Russia. It might only succeed at driving African countries further into the arms of Russia.
#FreeYourFace finally triumphs
23 June 2022 - South Africa’s mask mandate, vaccine pass, and venue capacity limits were repealed with immediate effect by Health Minister Joe Phaahla on Wednesday, 818 days after these lockdown measures were first introduced to try to combat Covid-19.
22 June 2022 - South Africa’s municipal crisis is worsening, but there is hope that with greater citizen involvement and new political blood, matters could be partially reversed.