SA man shot in groin during US #blacklivesmatter protest faces criminal trial
SA author, anti-apartheid activist and security expert Bradley Steyn, who lives in the US, said on Monday he had been issued with a warrant of arrest.
Continue reading →Ramaphosa praises Cuban medics more than our own, says IFP
The IFP on Monday criticised President Cyril Ramaphosa for his praise of the Cuban medics who were in the country, saying this overshadowed the praise he gave to local health-care front-line workers.
Continue reading →‘Government is the weakest link,’ says Steenhuisen after Ramaphosa address
Not everyone was positively moved by President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of victory of the country’s receipt of a million Covid-19 vaccines, the lifting of the beach and alcohol bans and the adjustment of the curfew by a few hours.
Continue reading →Shadow players greedily gobble up profits, no matter the economic season or global pandemic
A headline on a business site caught my eye this weekend: a bevy of billionaires saw their net worth increase by half a trillion dollars during 2020 — slap-bang in the middle of the global pandemic.
Continue reading →ANC afraid to disband its rabble-rousing toy soldiers
More than three decades after not winning the military conflict against the apartheid regime, the ANC’s military wing, the Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA), is rapidly becoming a rabble-rousing, but dangerous force in the country.
Continue reading →Protect wetlands to secure water
Climate change and an exploding human population are fuelling the growing threat of water shortages, and protecting and restoring wetlands is vital to counter this trend.
Continue reading →Move to rehabilitate Redhouse salt pans
World Wetlands Day (February 2) is being celebrated in Nelson Mandela Bay with the launch of a new project to rehabilitate a saltworks in the catchment of the Swartkops Estuary.
Continue reading →Motorist accused of using K-word acquitted
It was a video that went viral — a law student criminally charged for using the K-word and members of the Nelson Mandela Bay metro police in turn accused of manhandling him when he was seen dragged kicking and screaming … Continue reading →
ANC doesn’t understand what racism is
The ongoing conversation by ANC members about the recent swearing in of Dr Xiaomei Harvard as an MP has exposed concerning things about the ANC.
Continue reading →JUST IN | Booze unbanned and beaches open as Ramaphosa eases level 3 lockdown
SA will remain under lockdown level 3, but a number of the restrictions – including the ban on the sale of alcohol and the restrictions on worship – have been eased.
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