Brutalising black bodies continues to be rife
A few days ago, South Africans watched in shock as a video was played again and again on television of VIP police brandishing guns as they viciously assaulted young... Read more.
Bester saga gives a peek into the deep underworld that runs SA
One must join those who marvel at the intelligence and foxiness of Thabo Bester. With a mere primary school education, Bester has managed to have the whole country... Read more.
Abuse of the poor is despicable
Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital is a hell hole, so says the Health Ombudsman Professor Malegapuru Makgoba. He confirmed what has been said by many critcs... Read more.
Africans should work together
Last week, I had meals at a hotel and a restaurant in Johannesburg, courtesy of a company I am associated with and a bunch of friends. As I often do, when I asked... Read more.
Future generations to pay the price
Last week Friday, I flew to Cape Town for a meeting. I specifically requested that I be booked on SAA for two reasons: first, because it has always been my preferred... Read more.
When will the government act against guns and alcohol abuse?
Following the Aramoana massacre of November 1990, in which 13 people were killed, the New Zealand government made sweeping and far-reaching changes in its gun laws.... Read more.
SA gave up too easily on the Joule
The steep rise in the price of crude oil has some of us ruing the dropping of the electrical car project that South Africa initiated a few years back. The project... Read more.
Our problems start at borders
A Cuban mathematics and science tutor who was part of a group I was working within the department of education, was bemused by the tendency of South Africans to... Read more.
Government’s incompetence lies behind growing migrant bashing
My wife, who is a teacher, could not get a teaching post in Botswana when we landed in that country as refugees in 1981. This was because the department of education... Read more.
Advocates say ‘no thank you’
Several years ago, a lawyer told me that there were seasoned advocates who had been around the block and whose only aspiration should be ascension to the bench.... Read more.
