News/Politics

Zimbabwean journalists, now illegal workers living in Jozi’s mines, have discovered a secret dossier that showcases one Julius Malema suffering from clinical depression. The dossier, found in the abandoned mines of Diepklip bordering the dry Mid-rand suburb of Kraakfontein (opposite the KFC) is a collection of transcribed counselling sessions between Malema, an unnamed psychiatrist, only […]

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 an accurate assessment of the leading opposition parties. Theirs is a natural fit where even differences over […]

There is the same curious inability to stop popping candy into the maws of monsters, the same paralysis when it comes to implementing nitty-gritty decisions rather than drafting airy-fairy policies.

Protea Court Soweto will once again be the focal point as the bail applications of hip-hop artist Molemo Maarohanye, known as Jub Jub, and co-accused Themba Tshabalala enter into their second day. They are currently being held on charges of murder and attempted murder. These arise out of a horrendous incident which took place in […]

The massive community of about 150 000 former South Africans living in Australia must be somewhat bemused by the accusations of racism currently being levelled at certain members of the Australian Police. Many of them had after all left the land of their birth to start a new life down under where racism and crime were […]

I believe in freedom of expression. Our Constitution protects the right to freedom of expression. That is why I cannot welcome the Equality Court’s ruling that Malema was guilty of hate speech when he commented on the young woman who had accused President Jacob Zuma of rape. Please understand that I am not defending Malema. […]

Edged in national memory is that picture of a fat youngster who — except for his skimpy underwear, is totally naked — drunkenly leading a protest during the chaos that was the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) elective conference in Mangaung, Bloemfontein. At that conference, Julius Malema was elected president of the ANCYL. How […]

When ANC Youth League President Julius Malema addressed the National Press Club in Pretoria recently — following his being heckled and booed by SACP delegates at Polokwane — he stated that this type of conduct was an invitation to war which the ANCYL was accepting. After all, how dare they, fellow members of the tripartite […]

The only instantly identifiable Afrikaner leaders are defunct (FW de Klerk), defected (Marthinus van Schalkwyk), or deranged (Eugene Terre Blanche).