History Matters

May 6 2012 at 09:36am By Donwald Pressly. Comment on this story Independent Newspapers Declaring that her ministry was not “a Hollywood” set, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson instigated a trail of destruction through her department on Friday by suspending the acting deputy director-general in charge of the fisheries sub-department, allegedly on the [...]

Source: http://www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes/2012/05/06/the-forgotten-toll-road by John GI Clarke | 06 May, 2012 00:54 Until South Africa heeds the lessons from e-tolling nightmares in Gauteng and beyond, it will be condemned to repeat them The Gauteng e-tolling saga has become a disaster of titanic proportions for Sanral CEO Nazir Alli. A century after the sinking of the supposedly unsinkable [...]

In response to Rapule Tamane’s “The strident tune of a one-man band” (M&G 01/08/2011), Yunus Carrim and Ben Martins are correct to argue that to reduce the SACP General Secretary’s apparent authoritarian behavior and intolerance to his “personal whim is simplistic”. As they correctly state, Nzimande does not simply conduct himself of his own accord [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 has called for a national dialogue to rescue our faltering democracy … what might be some of the talking points?