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Happy Birthday, Mr. Mandela. And, By The Way, Please Don't Die Yet.

  Today is the 90th birthday of Nelson Mandela (‘Madiba’) and the whole world has been sending their best wishes and thanks to him.   At the risk of being accused of jumping on the bandwagon, I,… more »

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Happy Birthday, Mr. Mandela. And, By The Way, Please Don't Die Yet.

Spearpoint wrote 1 week ago:   Today is the 90th birthday of Nelson Mandela (‘Madiba’) and the whole world has been sending … more »

Tags: ANC, Crime, Crime - South Africa, Education, electricity, Eskom, ethics, Government, Law and Order

We cannot make good news out of BAD PRACTICE

minilicious wrote 1 week ago: It’s a Monday morning you log in to your computer expecting email of course otherwise you wouldn … more »

Tags: Commentary, Crime, Politics, Edward R. Murrow, forgood, julius malema, Mark Berger, Mbalula, Mbeki

Discrimination in South Africa

Rick Crouch wrote 2 weeks ago: Section 9 of the Bill of Right says the following: 9. Equality Everyone is equal before the law an … more »

Tags: south african politics, crouch, RACISIM

In South Africa, getting a license can be far harder than driving — 1 comment

Rick Crouch wrote 3 weeks ago: By MICHAEL WINES Published: October 30, 2007 JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 29 — “You will never drive this … more »

Durban misses blue flag deadline — 1 comment

Rick Crouch wrote 3 weeks ago: Durban had not applied for any of its beaches to join the international Blue Flag beach scheme, the … more »

Zimbabwe: sign the Avaaz petition

amatthews wrote 1 month ago: Human rights advocacy group Avaaz.org is petitioning Southern African leaders to call a summit that … more »

Tags: Avaaz, Human Rights, SADC, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwean elections

The Zanu-PF Fan Club (also known as the ANC) — 1 comment

amatthews wrote 1 month ago: Robert Mugabe is one lucky dictator, being in the enviable position of having outsourced his foreign … more »

Tags: ANC, constitution, democracy, Human Rights, mdc, Mugabe, Refugees, Robert Mugabe, South Africa

Reasons For My Recent Absence

Spearpoint wrote 1 month ago:   Unlike many of my small yet faithful readership, I have been absent for several weeks from these … more »

Tags: Spearpoint, South Africa, Crime, responsibility, Affirmative Action, Crime - South Africa, Politics - South Africa, xenophobia, Fear

Our leaders instilled Xenophobic ideas into our citizens — 3 comments

minilicious wrote 2 months ago: It is with great sadness that my reason for blogging about Xenophobia before “the SABC saga” as … more »

Tags: Commentary, Politics, Crime, Economics, Education, South Africa, IFP, Gatsha Buthelezi, ANC

Xenophobia in Africa — 1 comment

Spearpoint wrote 2 months ago:       Today the media are full of the barbaric xenophobic attacks that have been taking place in … more »

Tags: Crime, Crime - South Africa, Crime and Punishment, Government, Human Rights, Law and Order, law enforcement, police, Politics

SAPS 'full of criminals' — 2 comments

Rick Crouch wrote 2 months ago: 12/05/2008 13:25  - (SA) Julian Rademeyer, Beeld Pretoria - Only 192 police were suspended for … more »

Tags: Crime in South Africa, SAPS, beeld

Would the last democrat leaving South Africa please turn out the lights... — 1 comment

Spearpoint wrote 2 months ago:     So here we have it, at last. It has been a while coming, but come it has.   Not that it has … more »

Tags: South Africa, Human Rights, Law and Order, rape, ANC, law enforcement, cosatu, Government, Elections

More on Food and Fuel Prices... — 2 comments

Spearpoint wrote 2 months ago:             A thought occurs…   Eskom, as we are all probably aware by now, seems to be hel … more »

Tags: South Africa, Eskom, electricity, Government, Taxation, Oil, Food, Economics, Prices

COUNTING THE COST

Rick Crouch wrote 2 months ago: COUNTING THE COST By: Stuart Farrow MP The DA recently used a parliamentary question to ask the mini … more »

Tags: south african politics, da, Democratic Alliance, ANC, Stuart Farrow

THE ANC IS MAKING A MOCKERY OF PARLIAMENT

Rick Crouch wrote 2 months ago: THE ANC IS MAKING A MOCKERY OF PARLIAMENT Introduction Last month, the ANC accused the DA of “maki … more »

Tags: south african politics, ANC, da, Democratic Alliance, Mike Waters

THE PUBLIC SERVICE AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

Rick Crouch wrote 2 months ago: THE PUBLIC SERVICE AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION By: Gareth van Onselen Introduction As a result of aparthe … more »

Tags: south african politics, da, Democratic Alliance, Gareth van Onselen

MEASURING INFLUENCE

Rick Crouch wrote 2 months ago: MEASURING INFLUENCE By: Eddie Trent MP It is a common accusation, dished out now and again without … more »

Tags: south african politics, da, Democratic Alliance, eddie trent

A Report Card: www.gov.za — 3 comments

jozi87 wrote 2 months ago: In the New Media course we’ve looked at the makings of an effective and interactive website. So I … more »

Tags: api designs, edemocracy, glocal youth parliament, good website, Government, New Media

Eskom - Such Great Guys....pfft! — 3 comments

Spearpoint wrote 2 months ago:         Why am I not too terribly surprised that the mismanagers of our electricity utility, Esk … more »

Tags: ANC, Economics, electricity, Eskom, Government, Politics - South Africa, Prices, South Africa, electricity tariffs


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