Author: Jo Mangaliso Mdhlela

media
Columnists

Without a free media there can be no freedom

On October 19 1977 – also known as Black Wednesday – this country, under the apartheid rule, knew nothing about the words of section 16 of the Bill of Rights... Read more.
Editorial

Nasty political opinions do not build a country

So many values of truthfulness and uprightness in our country’s political and public life are required as if imposed by the gods of logic if we are to build sustainable... Read more.
Black consciousness
Editorial

New kids on the block threatening ANC’s

What do leaders of society do when their territory is threatened by invaders wanting to dislodge their self-professed authority? The ANC leadership has over the... Read more.
Editorial

Privacy is exactly that… it is private

I have rights, is the post-modern rallying cry of society that seeks justice. The right to freedom, and to express myself as I please as long as my rights do not... Read more.
Buthelezi
News

Church leaders wish ailing Buthelezi a speedy recovery

As Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi battles a life-threatening condition at an undisclosed hospital in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, church and community leaders, including... Read more.
Legacy of Robert Sobukwe
Columnists

Dreams of a better tomorrow will never die

The promises of our forebears, too many to call to mind, could they be realised in any lifetime, and in anybody’s life span? In any case, who cares to dream these... Read more.
Empowerment
Editorial

Empowerment needs empowering action

We can choose to ignore his words, and pretend we did not hear them, or we could, if we are cynical, choose to scoff at them, but when men and women of demonstrable... Read more.
Constitution
Editorial

Constitution sets the seal on equality

The country’s constitution, signed into law by the late and former president Nelson Mandela on December 10, 1996, is embraced by many South Africans – but is... Read more.