2008

Section 88(2) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa confirms that no person may hold office as president for more than two terms. The section is, however, capable of being amended by a two-thirds majority and is not cast in stone. In order to achieve what would surely be one of the longest […]

While Terror Lekota and the dissidents (there’s the name for a rock group right there) kick off their national convention in Sandton, the ANC continues to refer to them unapologetically as dogs and a bunch of poisonous snakes; seemingly upgraded from the dead snake of a few weeks ago. Indeed there can no longer be […]

Thabo Mbeki has come out of temporary political obscurity with guns blazing! The letter he wrote to Jacob Zuma about the state of the party and chronic verbal diarrhoeas of its leadership is a further damaging indictment on the integrity of Zuma. Mbeki, in the best way he knows how, penetrated the defenceless soul of […]

‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said, ‘To talk of many things: Of shoes — and ships — and sealing wax — Of cabbages — and kings — And why the sea is boiling hot — And whether pigs have wings.’ (The Walrus And The Carpenter by Lewis Carroll) When the dust finally settles over […]

The US presidential hopeful and senator from Arizona, John McCain, is a celebrated Vietnam war veteran and an experienced politician. His credentials under normal political and economic circumstances would favour him for occupation of the Oval Office at the White House, but the circumstances do not favour him nor is his presidential campaign doing much […]