No time for Eskom and the government to rest on their laurels

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The significant milestone that Eskom reached last week, going for more than 300 days without load shedding, is something worth noting or marking somehow, but it ...

We stand together in our defence of free speech

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‘As we reflect on Black Wednesday this month, we reaffirm our commitment to media freedom and reject the SA Press Council’s attempts to censor us. ’

We stand together against the Press Council’s attempt to clamp down on Independent Media

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‘As we reflect on Black Wednesday this month, we reaffirm our commitment to media freedom and reject the SA Press Council’s attempts to censor us. ’

Chinese Consulate pays tribune to King Zwelithini

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The celebrations at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli ICC in Durban on Friday were part of festivities held across the globe to ring in the Chinese lunar new year

It's in our hands to tackle other pandemic - abuse of taxpayer money

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But there’s another pandemic - the rampant corruption, fraud, mismanagement and wasteful and fruitless expenditure of government funds.

Is there method in Trump's madness - and South Africa's liquor ban?

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I can understand restricting the sale of liquor to free up hospital beds, but not banning it outright and allowing no one time to adjust to the necessary change. ...

Will Zondo commission bring the change we so desperately crave?

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Former chair of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts, Themba Godi, told us this week the commission won’t tell us anything we don’t already know

Time to address the hippo in the room crushing our economic revival

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Time to switch off the expensive life support system some of our gluttonous, hippo-like state-owned enterprises have been on for years.

You, me and Christian Billionaire Genius Kanye West can be president

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But the award-winning rapper was serious. The laughing US citizens already had a narcissistic oddity as their Number One.

Ed's Note: Like using right words, ensure no slip-ups going back to school

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Now the message is clear. It’s back to school time. While everything possible should be done to protect lives, there can be no guarantees.

How any city worker can expect a raise during Covid-19 is beyond me

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No one could have foreseen the coronavirus and what it could do to our lives. So, city leaders involved in the bargaining that led to the salary increase entrapment ...

Sympathy for the smokers without cigarettes - but it’s a bad habit

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All this was long before the doctor, who smokers and vapers are so angry with, came back from exile.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Indeed, the April 1994 promise can no longer be deferred

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The 'Black Elephants' in the room can no longer be ignored

Familiar tension hangs in the air as the ‘new normal’ beckons

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As we approach Freedom Day, I say a prayer of thanks for April 27, 1994, and the days and years that followed. But I can also feel that tension, that hung in the ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Hats off to Ramaphosa for doing the right thing again

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The silent, invisible and untamed corona horse had already bolted when President Cyril Ramaphosa shut the stable door.

EDITOR'S NOTE: We have a good game plan against corona, but the execution

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'Some of our Buffoona Buffoona players, such as Fikile “Razzmatazz” Mbalula, have been displaying their signature dribbling wizardry, but losing the ball in danger ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Ramaphosa showed leadership, let’s show followership #stayathome

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More leaders around the globe are taking action. By yesterday, more than 3 billion of the beleaguered 8 billion world population are under lockdown.

Forget the FW De Klerk debate; what we need is another miracle maker

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FW de Klerk rose from the dead once again this week for the commemoration of the historic, pivotal episode in our history that catapulted him high on the global ...

Ramaphosa wears another hat to ‘silence the guns’ on the continent

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Like a true gentleman, mining mogul Patrice Motsepe apologised for speaking out of turn and on behalf of all 1. 2 billion Africans without a mandate at the World ...

Political fireworks get 2020 started with a big bang

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But even this optimist who likes to think of himself as a good friend of reality, is finding it difficult so early in the year to remain positive, writes Mazwi Xaba. ...

Politically, December will not bore us, just watch this space

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You might not be invested in the EFF and its fortunes, but remember the radicals want to be real kingmakers - and later kings - when they grow up, writes Mazwi Xaba. ...

Warm, fuzzy feeling turns to fear and loathing in DA horror show

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Those who wanted to see the back of Mmusi Maimane probably never read The Monkey’s Paw, a 1902 horror classic that inspired the saying “be careful what you wish ...

If DA were more patient, things could've looked up for party

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Instead of sending out the invitations and planning the mother of all birthday bashes for its 20th anniversary, DA party leaders have begun bashing one another in ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Mould-breaking royal trio brIngs good vibes to troubled nation

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Wasn’t it just splendiferous to see Baby Archie and the Arch sharing a special moment in Cape Town?

Editor's Note: Good people need to do something to end this madness

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These crises won’t go away on their own, or through prayers alone. They require consistent, persistent action.

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