News/Politics

EISH! What a tough day for humanity! With the World Health Organisation raising the global alert level to Phase 5 meaning that a worldwide pandemic of the killer H1N1 influenza virus is imminent, the world — that’s all of us — is now locked in combat with two enemies. The existing one is the global […]

The abuse, for political gain, of state institutions has claimed yet another victim, but this time it is someone whose departure few will mourn — Snuki Zikalala. Zikalala’s television news obituary, on the SABC’s 7pm news bulletin on April 28, was ignominiously short — a few sentences announcing that his contract would not be renewed […]

As we start the build up to the inauguration of Jacob Zuma as our national president as well as the ANC’s appointment of eight premiers for the provinces other than the Western Cape, one thing is already becoming crystal clear; Helen Zille is not going to be allowing the grass to grow under her feet. […]

Only two parties can really look back on the 2009 elections with any real satisfaction. The ANC, while shedding a few percentage points for the first time since 1994 and dropping slightly below the 2/3rds threshold, did an impressive job of damage control, largely offsetting the Cope breakaway. As for the DA, it now enjoys […]

With a creative team that has us eagerly anticipating their next take on the idiosyncrasies of South African life, Nando’s might now be in a position to formally enter the political arena in the form of menus that reflect the issues that concern us all. So where Zapiro might be highlighting problems through his drawings […]

With about 70% of the vote counted and the ANC headed for another landslide victory the vast majority of South Africans have confirmed that regardless of the views of those who oppose the presidency of Jacob Zuma he is undoubtedly the people’s overwhelming choice. Love him – which clearly most of the country does – […]

Apparently ANC youth league president Julius Malema wasn’t too upset about the Nando’s advert which portrays him as a puppet explaining how every time you purchase at Nando’s you get a whole bunch of change. Indeed, so the ad goes, the more money you hand over the more “change” you get. A pun on political […]

We have seen the evidence: it seems voters are not impressed by Steve Biko’s Black Consciousness or Robert Sobukwe’s Pan-Africanism. There is now sufficient evidence for people to form their own judgement as to whether Azapo and the PAC have the potential to become a formidable opposition to the ANC. It has already been suggested […]

Can someone explain to me why South Africa needs 31 Cabinet ministers? According to The Times, Jacob Zuma is planning to enlarge the Cabinet from 28 to 31, plus 19 deputy ministers. That would make South Africa’s Cabinet, as far as I could ascertain, the largest in the world. The UK has 22 cabinet ministers; […]

Anyone who is a politician in South Africa; everyone who wants our vote today: you’re a desperately sorry bunch, every one of you. You are, to a man and woman, failing us, the voters of South Africa. From the ANC and Cope to the DA, the ID, the little lads in ANCYL and pretty much […]