Well, it was not only the booing of Nkandla Master and part-time president of SA, Jacob Zuma, that made international headlines after the Madiba Memorial Service. Deaf people around the world are up in arms because they could not understand a word of the proceedings. Apparently the official "interpreter" who...
Never accuse Saffas for not showing what they really feel. President Jacob Zuma received loud boos at the memorial service for Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium in Soweto. Maybe it's not the appropriate place to do so, but hell it's the correct sentiment. Before the welcome address by ANC...
With South Africa's beloved former president passing this week, UK based journalist Piet van Niekerk remembers a very special encounter with Nelson Mandela. "The last time I saw Madiba was at his 90th birthday concert in Hyde Park, London, but my fondest memory was the day I almost had cake...
It is a sad day for South Africa. Today, the 5th of December 2013 Nelson Mandela, our Madiba, passed away at the age of 95. He was one of the most loved leaders of the 20th century and his life was a true legacy and will never be forgotten.
Former communications minister Dina Pule (right) must apologise to Parliament, the communications department, and the Sunday Times for "persistently lying and unethical conduct", Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has ruled. You may read many short news reports about this on news sites, but should you have time, read the full report...
SA Rugby's decision to implement race quotas next year will be a violation if the International Rugby Board's prohibition on race discrimination. It will also be a violation of the Olympic Charter. The South African Rugby Union (Saru) said earlier this year that race quotas will formally be reintroduced into...
The South African government has lost the most significant affirmative action (AA) court case in its controversial history.The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein found in favour of Solidarity and SA Police Service (SAPS) Capt. Renate Barnard in what can be described as South Afirica'a most controversial AA case...
The big induna of the Nkandla homestead built with our money, the mighty Zumster (Jacob to his friends) has at very long last signed the Electoral Amendment Act, which means us South Africans living abroad can now register to vote, and vote, at our local embassies.But everything is not that...
It might have been unlawful of the Mail & Guardian newspaper to publish the public protector's provisional report on president Jacob Zuma's Nkandla homestead scandal, but hell, it's not unethical. At last we have confirmation that the prez received substantial personal benefits from the multi-million rand "upgrade" to his personal...
Does South Africa have the most corrupt government in the world? Is South Africa the rape capital of the world? Does South Africa have one of the highest unemployment rates in the world? Is South Africa one of the 'top ten' countries with the highest murder rates?These are some of...
The ANC London is up for another epic fail after Xolani Xala (head of the ANC London Branch) published a picture (taken at a Freedom Day party in London) as part of the campaign for the ANC Manifesto for International Elections launch event in London.
Looking at violence – and deaths – in South African schools it really does not have to take a survey to know there is bullying going about in our schools back home.But, according to hard statistics bullying is officially now becoming more prevalent in South African schools with 36% of...
This news about foreign shop owners in Zim having to close shop (and then they will leave the country) does not sound unfamiliar. Last time this happened an entire country went to the dogs.Remember Uganda under Idi Amin Dada? Yes, that dictator that ate his opponents. Back in 1972 Amin...
South African media outlets and the public have acted in defiance, following State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele's warning yesterday, that the media must stop publishing photographs and footage of President Jacob Zuma's home at Nkandla in KwaZulu-Natal. He said this posed an unacceptable security breach under the National Key Points...
The new Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, a historical collection of resources chronicling the life of South Africa's greatest statesman has recently been launched and well worth a visit. It's a bit of a drawback that the main Induna of the Nkandla scandal, Prez Jacob Zuma was the main speaker...
Almost 9 out of 10 young South Africans say they have registered and are planning to vote in the 2014 general elections. Consumer insights group Pondering Panda says of 2575 respondents between 18 and 34 in an online survey said they were already registered to vote and of those 87%...
On Saturday the 16 November 2013 a hijacking incident was caught on camera and it happened in broad daylight. This is the South Africa we want to live in and the fact that they get away so easily and do it knowing that it's easy makes it so much more...
The South African government is not protecting the children of SA from child abuse or the monsters responsible for it.In its latest investigation into the government's compliance with the Children's Act of 2005, the Human Rights Commission has found that the Department of Social Development (DSD) has not fulfilled its...
Robert McBride killed innocent women “in a just war against an unjust apartheid regime” and SA Promo’s abhorrence of his possible appointment as chief of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) is apparently an “orchestrated ploy to vilify him at every hop and turn”, says uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Military...
Freedom fighter or terrorist? Normally it depends on which side you supported during the dark days of apartheid. But when it comes to Robert McBride, the answer is more simple: cowardly murderer. Now the Zuma government wants to reward this convicted murderer by nominating him as the new chief of...
Almost 2 in 5 younger South Africans believe it is fine to have children before they get married. Consumer insight company Pondering Panda interviewed 3456 respondents between the ages of 15 and 34 across South Africa and found that 38% of younger people felt it was okay to have children...
A request to stop aid or funding to South Africa until the ANC and the Zuma government have provided detailed reports of Nkandla and the arms deal corruption cases, has been made by prominent supporter of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and author of the book 'Equipping American Presidents to...
The passing of only one law stands between SA expats getting the right to register and vote abroad. The SA government website SAnews.gov.za reports that once the Electoral Amendment Bill 2013 is approved by Parliament and signed into law by the master of the Nkandla compound and president or the...
The Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela (right), on Friday, November 08, 2013, shortly before 9H00, received court papers indicating the state's intention to interdict and restrain her from releasing her provisional report on the security upgrades at the President's private home in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal to affected, implicated and interested parties for...
History has shown that when the Jews leave a country, all you need to do next is lock the doors and switch off the lights because nothing really profitable happens after that. Is SA heading that way? Jacob Zuma's ANC government and their anti-Semitic sentiments and comments have become so...
The South African parliament should debate affirmative action (AA) after more than 250000 South Africans signed a petition to ask the legislature to do so.Trade union Solidarity put forward a requested to parliamentary speaker Max Sisulu in terms of sections 56(d) and 69(d) of the SA Constitution. The union says...
South Africa's president likes to go around rather liberally with facts. We will not call him a liar outright, but we will look at some of the things he says and compare it to what the fact checkers found. In a speech welcoming the new heads of diplomatic missions to...
Who sits idly by while a woman is being booed off the stage? A man? A mouse? A president of a country? Certainly not. But now we know what we are dealing with – an uncivilised pig.Who can blame Helen Zille for being furious as President Jacob Zuma sat on...
Racist airline South African Airways (SAA) has been requested to postpone its pilot training cadet programme while the Human Rights Commission (HRC) investigates why not a single white male candidate is being considered to be trained as a pilot.
South African taxpayers are increasingly displeased about their heavy tax burden, the inefficiency of public expenditure and how they have to fund so-called public 'services' which, in the end, they have to provide for themselves.This is trade union Solidarity's submission to parliament's Standing and Select Committees on Finance. The submission...
If we've said it once, we've said it a thousand times but boy, can these UK Border Bullies change the rules! Anybody who has been to a Border Office in the UK knows these misfits are as organised as cat puke in a tumble dryer. But hell, can they change...
