JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
IT is an age of envy. Envy by politicians, the media and academia. This envy has been normalized worldwide. Those who are successful enough to have accumulated wealth…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
TWO weeks ago, I visited Solidarity headquarters and Sol-Tech. Solidarity is a labour union and movement that owns Sol-Tech, a new technology college campus in Monument Park, Pretoria.…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH Africa’s first democratic elections were held on April 27, 1994. Hence the public holiday called Freedom Day this week. It was a monumental day for the majority…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
THE treasurer general of South Africa’s governing party the African National Congress (ANC), Paul Mashatile, has pronounced that Former President Jacob Zuma will campaign for the party ahead…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
As you may have heard, there is an Islamic terrorism crisis in Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique. The stories we hear from that region are harrowing. The ISIS-linked terrorist…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
I write this week’s column with a heavy heart. I am mourning the death of my uncle who was murdered in one of Johannesburg’s notorious townships last week.…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
IT is the age of intolerance. Where everything has become offensive. People’s careers and livelihoods are destroyed by the intolerant, self-righteous mobs who get offended by almost everything.…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
IT is heart-breaking. It really is heart-breaking to see South Africa, a country that once had huge potential, continuously in decline. Now you may think that I’m just…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
OVER the past few years, I have repeatedly said that there are societal problems that we as South Africans tend to shy away from. We shy away from…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
AFTER years of advancing public policies that cause economic downswings, poverty, the government of Venezuela is now turning to privatizations in an attempt to escape the on-going economic…