Party congresses are mostly about rah-rah cheerleading to boost troop morale. The close knife-work between vying factions generally takes place behind closed doors before and after congress, with only a rare public glimpse of the backstabbing.
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By Jackie Mapiloko
During school holidays my parents would ship me to a relative's house in Evaton, a tiny settlement in the Vaal Triangle. My ageing relative was landlord to about 20 families who lived in shacks in a yard, which she had inherited...
Many people, myself included, had hoped and believed that the Congress of the People (Cope) would be a credible alternative to the ruling party. Sadly, Cope has from its start been plagued by two factions: those who are committed to and wanted to bui...
How churlish to berate state entities for spending a piffling R110 million on Soccer World Cup tickets. Especially given that South Africa has already spent in excess of R40 billion to underwrite the event.
After all, this kind of schmoo...
Greece is in financial crisis and Germany recently offered to buy the island of Corfu to help kick start the nation again. Now what if South Africa was in the same plight and was offered a purchase for her historical Robben Island? Just imagine the f...
Tomorrow is April Fool's Day. The day when newspapers try to catch us out with whacky stories and tall tales. The day when fiendish hacks ply their wily trade to fool our pre-caffeinated brains. Sucking us in with official looking headlines, well-cra...
When Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille confirmed to the special unity conference of the Independent Democrats that the difference between themselves -- including Cope -- related to style rather than substance, it was to all intents and purposes ...
"No, we haven't seen any lions yet."
The lady from the BBC radio station sat across from me in our lounge, fidgeting with her recording equipment. Her face was serious; perhaps she had not realised I was only joking?
They had driven from Cape ...
You know it's been a slow day in the news world when Lynda Odendaal joining the ANC is a main story on the evening news.
The former Cope second deputy president and lead organiser of a new independent civil-society initiative announced she had joi...
Twenty years after the release of Nelson Mandela from prison, and with all the doom and gloom going around, there is one issue that has upset me for a while. It's not HIV/Aids, or crime, or violence against women, or unemployment, or the lack of prop...
