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There is no Messiah – you are your own liberator My experience is that middle-class South Africa is often in search of a Messiah.  There is none. It’s not [deputy president] Cyril Ramaphosa. Or EFF leader Julius Malema. Or DA leader Helen Zille. The lesson of our past is that ordinary people in unity for […]

We are just beginning to see, too, the extent to which continual load shedding, combined with incoherent government policy, take their toll on the economy. More pessimistic economists are now revising growth forecasts for this year and even, in some cases, next year, down to below 2%. SA’s economy is starting to look very bleak

We have allowed one powerful man to get away with too much for too long. This man is here in our presence today. Honourable President, in these very chambers, just five days ago, you broke Parliament. Please understand, Honourable President, when I use the term “honourable”, I do it out of respect for the traditions

This is not me own werc. I can't be sure whether I pinched this from Arno Jansen van Vuuren or Chris van Wyk or a combination of the two. This brief story doesn't contain the levels of analysis that you might get from Chris or Arno. It's not a complete timeline – for instance the

Refusing to comply with laws that are perceived to be unjust is an essential democratic safeguard.” He concludes “Unless public institutions respect the spirit (and letter) of the Constitution and facilitate the emergence of a more participatory democracy they are likely to continue to face such resistance.” via www.rdm.co.za Per John Clarke of Outa. This

She says business needs to interact "more vigorously" with the government and make it more and more aware of the impact that legislation can have on the economy. "We talk to them regularly but have not yet reached the stage where they take what we are saying on board straight away. It's a long, slow

"In the case of e-tolling, those in power believed that by passing a law and forcing an unjust system onto it’s people, it would all simply happen, just as Sanral had convinced them it would." via www.fin24.com The NATS were not dissimilar.

Something jungle jim could certainly use.  I wonder if they have insurance for black people.  

All of which points to the one most obvious fact of all: Zuma has become an unaffordable national liability. He must go. via www.bdlive.co.za

Critics of the new regulations also argued that there was not enough time for public comments. They alleged that only 35 days had been given for public scrutiny as opposed to 60 days stipulated by the law. Reacting to the concerns, Ms Mesatywa said: "The minister (Rob Davies) has a prerogative to apply his mind