Zuma's performance agreements with government ministers are a toothless tiger. What's needed to drive performance and service delivery is bite.
Economist Mike Schüssler certainly didn't mince his words when he spoke at the 9th UASA South ...
The World Cup dream has arrived, but don't forget to return to the hard work of fighting corruption and nation building when the world packs up and goes home.
"I gotta feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good...
As fear and loathing play out in this country, the real question is what can be done to mend SA's racial divide?
In the aftermath of Eugene Terre'Blanche's death and Julius Malema's divisive tantrums, the social Web proved a powerful mirror to Sou...
South Africans are experiencing an epidemic of reckless behaviour where the thoughtless, careless and irresponsible are getting away with too much.
The South African news climate was always heavy with stories of irresponsible leadership, but latel...
There's a scene from Little Miss Sunshine that has stayed with me for the longest time. If you've seen the movie you'll remember it instantly. Miss Sunshine is of course the film about a family on the verge of a nervous breakdown, and the scene in qu...
Isn't it high time the South African government understood how to enhance our gross national happiness?
South Africa is one of the unhappiest nations on this earth. We're not as miserable as Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia or Angola, but we come ...
Eskom's management mess comes as no surprise, given the state of the operation, regulatory rot and the leadership crisis at other parastatals.
The leadership crisis that's shaken Eskom is symptomatic of the deep rot that lives within that organisa...
War. That's the fighting talk coming from Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande as he uses the intense media spotlight on the ANC's National Health Initiative (NHI) to rabble rouse in his role as SACP general secretary.
Making capitalism the...
As communications technology becomes more complex and regulatory processes more dense, Icasa is in more of a mess than ever.
Walking into the Sandton offices of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) tells you more ...
What SA needs is new breed of ethical entrepreneurs that will help rebuild our country.
It's a sad day when former struggle stalwarts say the new enemy is greed and corruption. Speaking at a recent memorial service for fallen Umkhonto weSizwe ...
Mandy de Waal is a columnist, writer and journalist. A former broadcast journalist, de Waal is writes for The Daily Maverick, Noseweek, ITWeb, MarkLives, Brandchannel and MarkMagazine. She is the editor of MandyLives!com. She is part of the judging panel of the Discovery Health Journalism Awards and the MPASA PICA Awards. In her spare time she writes poetry and fiction.
Read her blog Artificial Intelligence: Articles, essays and riffs about new media, media, branding, economics and current events.
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