Former newspaper-editor-turned-Joburg-councillor Martin Williams wrote in his column this week that he has served under seven mayors in seven years.
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Eskom has monopolised the art of the public apology and patented the word “unfortunately”
Load shedding is serious.
Sticks and stones might break your bones, but words could lead to genocide
Cockroaches might have a particular Rwandan resonance, but they’ve been used as an epithet in our discourse before.
South Africa went from Nobel laureates to celebrating a pothole filling
Last weekend, South Africa segued from WTF to HTF. This is a country that doesn’t easily disappoint, there is a surprise almost around every corner.
The court of law can be a place of incredible drama and tension
Megan Markle was determined to speak her truth and she’s encouraged everyone else to shout theirs out too – except when theirs proves hers to be false. Advocate Dali Mpofu SC seems to be a great fan. He believes in his truth, sometimes even more than the canons of Roman Dutch law and the doctrineContinue reading “The court of law can be a place of incredible drama and tension”
What happened to honour among thieves?
In a corporate, the first sign that something’s rotten is when you don’t get paid at the end of the month, or if you did get paid it was only in part.
It’s time for South Africans to sing the same tune
Ellis Park is where the fairy tale of the modern Springbok era began with Francois Pienaar and Nelson Mandela holding the William Webb Elis trophy aloft in 1995 after the Boks won their inaugural Rugby World Cup. It’s a daunting place. It’s always been on the dodgy side of town – all that’s happened isContinue reading “It’s time for South Africans to sing the same tune”
A Freudian slip, maybe? Mabe and his comrades will start getting their answers soon
Staff were actually threatening to interdict the ANC from going ahead with its conference last week. Instead they embarked on a go-slow.
Privatisation is not the solution to SA’s electricity and other woes
Very few solar users actually go all the way off the grid because this can triple or quadruple the price of an average installation.
The greatest honour we can pay Madiba as South Africans pay tribute with 67 minutes
It’s easy to snigger at all the ‘good deeds’ posted by influencers, Z-list celebrities and other assorted glory hounds for Mandela Day this week. But to do so is to ignore the fact that good was actually done.
Kevin Ritchie 