Newspaper article from Daily Dispatch: Xolobeni – red card greed by NOMBONISO GASA Uhlohlesakhe-khe-khe-khe-khe….! The big voice boomed from the wireless radio of my childhood signalling the beginning of a radio drama about a man who only stuffed his own stomach. That voice had the authority of ringing bells of a Christian church calling believers to pray on a Sunday morning. We, [...]
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Robin Hood, Robben Island and The Post Apartheid State by Neville Alexander
January 20, 2011
Together with ten of my comrades, I was sentenced to ten years imprisonment on Robben Island in April 1964 for allegedly conspiring to commit sabotage with a view to overthrowing the apartheid regime. Leaving aside the details of the background to this case and the real, as opposed to the court, version of what actually [...]
The Times – Cool heads and maturity needed to break impasse
July 1, 2009
July 1st The Times THE gloves are off! It is very disturbing that the politics of demonisation and threats have replaced common sense and understanding in the dispute involving the department of health and doctors. — Dr Lucas Ntyintyane, by e-mail # Doctors strike despite new wage offer Such brinkmanship is counterproductive. The loud noise [...]
President Zuma State of the Nation Address
June 3, 2009
State of the Nation Address by His Excellency JG Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa, Joint Sitting of Parliament, Cape Town 3 June 2009 Honourable Speaker; Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces; Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP; Deputy President of the Republic, Kgalema Motlanthe Former [...]
The future of the state
October 27, 2008
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 JEREMY CRONIN: Oct 27 2008 The now-popular idea of a developmental state represents an emerging consensus that we need an active state with the capacity to intervene in the economy to coordinate and drive transformation. Implicit in this consensus is that strategic state-owned enterprises are important. Also implicit is [...]
Jay Naidoo's talking points
June 16, 2008
Jay Naidoo has called for a national dialogue to rescue our faltering democracy … what might be some of the talking points?


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