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The Constitutional Court’s finding on May 8 that the National Assembly had erred in its rejection of the Section 89 panel report into the Phala Phala saga has thrown a spanner into the works. For the ANC – which had misused its parliamentary majority to effect the rejection – the judgment has set in motion … Nkandla to Phala Phala, the law vs party. Part 1 Read More »

Against the backdrop of Worker’s Day on 1 May, alleged acts of vigilantism aimed at suspected foreign nationals were being teleported in high definition from the streets of downtown Johannesburg into international media outlets like Sky News. What ought to have been a day of remembering the struggles and celebrating gains made by the working … Cheers to Bell and Vavi on a distracted May Day Read More »

Revisiting the nation’s amble towards democracy from the perspective of Colesberg and other rural areas arouses interesting stories from people of otherwise simple backgrounds. Frontline activists recall a monumental task that history had cut out for them. At the outset, it was education-driven. Brief, off-the-cuff, a night-school-like crusade with little time to assess if the … Freedom Day: Colesberg’s nostalgia and empty seats in Bloem Read More »

This week the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) announced that they would be seeking to have registration fees paid to various councils like the HPCSA and SACE by unemployed professionals scrapped. In a letter to the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training, EFF MP Sihle Lonzi ‘submitted a formal request to Parliament for urgent intervention … Small hope for graduates and one point for EFF Read More »

In a sentence that ‘induces a sense of shock,’ on Thursday, 16 April, Julius Malema was sentenced to 5 years direct imprisonment. This follows a criminal case brought by Afriforum against Malema based on a video that emerged of the EFF Chief-in-Command (CIC) discharging a firearm during his party’s fifth birthday celebrations back in Mdantsane, … Malema sentence: Disgraced or martyred? Read More »

On an ordinary day – that is when talking business, or Sundowns’ weekend performance – Patrice Motsepe is a cardsharp of decorum, tailored suits and a man who does not seem to sweat the small stuff. This is the unguarded personality he usually lets on. That is until some pesky journalist throws an unexpected question … Motsepe, the President, DA all playing on tough ground Read More »