By Zukiswa Mqolomba
As we celebrated International Women's Day on March 8, I had to contend with the frightening reality that the ANC Women's League is indeed dead.
I focus on the women's league because of its strategic location at the centre o...
Of all the crazy things I've heard since JZ came into power, this is one of the worst. The idea that the media and the public (yes readers, you and me) should not say anything critical of Jacob Zuma because he's the president is a slap in the face of...
By Janice Winter
Last week saw one of Britain's biggest media controversies with BNP leader Nick Griffin's appearance on the BBC's Question Time. Public debate pivoted on the media's role in guarding democratic space, with interpretations of this ...
We did them for President Mbeki so it's only right.
Three blind mice/doctors
Three blind docs, three blind docs,
See how they run, see how they run,
They all ran after a charming life,
But couldn't cut with a carving knife,
Did you ever s...
Mo Shaik : shall mean the manifestation of fever symptoms every time you hear that the Spy Boss is on your trail eg "I'm being investigated that's why I have Mo' Shaiks" NB You don't get Mo' Shaiks from high blood pressure, that's a misconception. Yo...
"Italy's Constitutional Court on Wednesday threw out a law that shields Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from prosecution while in office, paving the way for corruption proceedings to resume against him."
This has thrown Italian politics into the...
Today President Jacob Zuma will, again, formally unveil his latest party trick: the presidential "hotline". Our president, we know by now, has the magician's knack of drawing the eye away from the trick. Should a fraction of his talent for getting hi...
Next Wednesday, Tony Leon's friends will be bid him and Michal a fond adios as they depart for wonderful Argentina. I am seething with envy. So is Richard Calland. His M&G column "Tony, I want your job in Buenos Aries" two weeks ago was so full o...
So Helen Zille feels that President Zuma did a good job, except for the fact that he is not acting like an executive president, but more like a deployee of Luthuli House. Well, duh, what else is he supposed to be? For the Helen-ites out there, let me...
On the same day as our President Jacob Zuma was delivering his State of the Nation address I was monitoring the near implosion of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's British cabinet. A second cabinet minister Hazel Blears joining Jacqui Smith in resigning ...
