News/Politics

Creativity — be it writing, painting, film-making, acting, singing or dancing — is a frighteningly powerful tool. It is for this reason that artists are able to define and change reality. There are a lot of people who witness and experience life but have no clue about the meaning or impact of that reality. Usually, […]

ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu has defended Julius Malema’s lusty renditions of the infamous “kill the boers, they are rapists” song, arguing (according to this Sapa article) that the “the lyrics of the song had been quoted out of context”. “This song was sung for many years even before Malema was born. Julius doesn’t even know […]

All the provincial leadership structures of the ANC Youth League have been reported to stand behind their besieged president, Julius Malema. They believe their man is under attack from unscrupulous characters who are involved in clandestine power struggles to determine who will lead the ANC in 2012 when it holds its next big elections. It […]

Truth be told, black people are not interested in the confessions of white people who suffer guilt from the sins of colonialism and apartheid or those who accused Nelson Mandela of selling out. In the 21st century where both colonialism and apartheid have — depending on how you look at things — been defeated, we […]

President Jacob Zuma is going to have to draw a line in the sand and decide where loyalty ends and common sense begins in his, as well as the African National Congress’s, approach to the ANCYL and its president, Julius Malema. After yesterday’s racist tirade at the University of Johannesburg the ANC has yet to […]

It’s an uncomfortable question, but one that bears asking, because it has far reaching implications for the future of South Africa. The battle for Nelson Mandela’s legacy has begun, even before his death. In an interview published by the London Evening Standard, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela had no doubts as to where her ex-husband stood. “Mandela let […]

Soweto is still reeling from the news that four high school pupils were killed when an alleged race between two Mini Coopers went horrifically wrong. The incident occurred in Mdlalose Street, Protea North at around 4.00pm yesterday. Allegedly the two vehicles were racing along the two-way street which runs between Protea Glen and Protea North […]

There are many reasons why DSTV should not have a porn channel, none of which have to do with morals. The debate about morals lands up with sex being a sin or at least frowned upon, and the idea of watching other people having sex is almost outlandish if not only a bit rude. But […]

Across Africa large tracts of land are being sold or leased to foreign countries and companies to grow food, flowers and biofuels. This land is handed over for a song and offers food and resource security to the richer parts of the world — Europe, the Middle East and Asia. But denies thousands of African […]

What everyone is waiting for from Zuma is leadership. It has been sorely lacking at home and now he has fluffed the chance to exhibit it on the international stage that former president Thabo Mbeki bestrode with such confidence.