Sentletse Diakanyo

In 1892, Rudyard Kipling lamented the gulf of understanding between the British and the inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent in his book Barrack-Room Ballads. He said: “Oh, East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.” Never before had I imagined myself to be of the same opinion as Julius Malema, […]

The ANC’s election strategy and tactics have assumed striking similarities to those adopted by Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF prior to the controversial March 29 elections last year. Zanu-PF used fear and political violence to demoralise and make it difficult for the MDC to challenge their political hegemony. That the ANC is desperate is an open secret […]

Responses to this post: Sentletse, be careful where you dip your pen Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories have abounded for centuries In 2002 Mark Weber, a director of The Institute for Historical Review wrote an article about the powerful Jewish Lobby in the United States (US). What Weber articulates in his article is very relevant to the […]

South Africans remember December 16 as the day of extraordinary courage on part of thousands of Zulu warriors under the command of Dambuza and leadership of Dingane kaSizangakhona who, armed with spears, launched an offensive against Voortrekkers, with the advantage of gunpowder, in the battle that historians coined as the Battle of the Blood River […]

“President” Kgalema Motlanthe (or perhaps acting on instructions from Luthuli House) decided to fire the suspended national director of public prosecutions, Advocate Vusi Pikoli, even though the Ginwala Commission of Inquiry absolved him of any wrongdoing and further recommended that he be reinstated to his position. He believes it is illogical to reinstate Pikoli but […]

The path towards the establishment of a socialist state appears to have been cleared of all impediments. If the draft ANC election manifesto is anything to go by, the influence the SA Communist Party (SACP) on ANC policy is no longer a matter of ambiguity. The ANC under Jacob Zuma has modelled itself as the […]

The constitution of the Republic of South Africa makes no provision for election of a ceremonial president; but we have observed in the last few months that the country has no executive head of state. Since being sworn into office after the unceremonious departure of Thabo Mbeki, Kgalema Motlanthe has been pandering to the whims […]

The death toll in Zimbabwe is rising while Morgan Tsvangirai continues to place his personal and selfish ambitions before the plight of millions of Zimbabweans who have been subjected to misery. The ruins of Zimbabwe are nothing to do with Tsvangirai but he has been party to sustaining the downward spiral of the economy by […]

South Africa, since the birth of democracy, has enjoyed an uninterrupted record of “free and fair” elections. In all three instances in 1994, 1999 and 2004, there has never been a challenge of the election results. In these elections the ANC was assured of victory and never had a formidable challenge. The 2009 elections may […]

A war criminal has been presiding over the catastrophic economic meltdown since the Great Depression. He has caused untold misery not only to his people by pursuing destructive economic policies, but to foreign nationals as well during his protracted murderous campaign. On September 20 2001, in the wake of the devastating attacks on the World […]