Retired former liberation heroes (like Nelson Mandela) and struggle stalwarts now turned into government ministers (like Trevor Manuel) cannot enjoy the sight of upheavals like those in Sakhile township near Standerton, Mpumalanga or Khutsong in Carl...
Recent shocking images of the police shooting at South Africa's poorest citizens were beamed around the world as people in poor communities were protesting. The damage to the country caused by these images that looked like a flashback to the 1980s is...
Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale has blamed councillors elected during former president Thabo Mbeki's time as the reason for the latest wave of protests sweeping the country. He then goes on to suggest that it has to be the former government'...
Most of my regular readers will know that I have stood squarely behind former National Prosecuting Authority boss Vusi Pikoli in his bid to regain his position at the head of the NPA. I have done so because Pikoli is a man of unquestionable integrity...
This week's Talkback question on the Mail & Guardian Online:
What does the government need to do to improve service delivery?
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SA govt 'will not tolerate violent protests'
SA hit by service-delivery protests
Protesters vent...
Britain's recently been shocked by the "news" that avaricious members of parliament have been fleecing the taxpayer royally. But their MPs are mere amateurs compared to those we've elected in South Africa who have their snouts so deep in the trough t...
Over the past seven days there have been two major demonstrations in London: the anti-capitalist, banker-baiting protests outside the Bank of England that coincided with the G20 summit last week, and a pro-Tamil Tigers demonstration outside the House...
This week, London will go into lockdown for the G20. On Wednesday April 1, or what protesters are referring to as “Financial Fools' Day”, anti-banker anarchists and greens are expected to descend on London’s financial districts to hang effigies...
The closing ceremony to the Sydney Olympics ended with an artistic performance by the next hosting country. China and its main city, Beijing, will be hosting the Games later in 2008. The display that China put on was breathtaking. It felt, at the tim...
These six simple words are widely acknowledged as one of the greatest short, short stories. Ernest Hemingway wrote it, and with it won his barroom bet to that end.
A Cape Town tabloid once came close with “Man dies kak death”, but I think you...
