If what Gayton McKenzie said about the postponement of budget speech is true, then we are witnessing much wider cracks within the ANC. Some senior ANC leaders, it is alleged, did not agree with the budget in the form it was by yesterday. Seemingly, even the advice by the SARS Commissioner was rejected. What the […]
The Hawks have concluded their investigation into Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, following allegations of fraud and corruption tied to a R2.5 million municipal tender. Ntshavheni, a close confidant of President Cyril Ramaphosa, has been under scrutiny for her alleged involvement in irregularities during her tenure as a municipal manager. Sources close to the […]
We have seen the devastation caused by food poisoning or contaminations as well as the mayhem inflicted on the defenceless people in places like Wesbury and Newclare, by the zama zamas. We have also heard our President addressing these problems last night. But this was somewhat timid, subdued, and too little too late! His statement […]
What former president Jacob Zuma is doing to the ANC, is a direct result of the so-called “closing ranks” and the collective (ir)responsibility, as has always been espoused by the party itself in protecting its leaders involved in alleged malfeasance and acts of corruption. This has now come to haunt the ANC. It appears its […]
The high cost of busking in the arrogance of being the broad church, the biggest and oldest and political party in Africa, is the ultimate creation of an opposition built from within your own organization. The man who proclaimed that the ANC will rule until the return of Jesus Christ, is seemingly seeing his imminent […]
Does it mean we have to be deliberately negligent and make things worse before they get better? What if they get entrenched and worse than we thought? What if they get to a point where we are no longer able to fix them? What if our negligence causes us to perish? I want us to […]
THE formation of Contralesa, an organization of traditional leaders by the ANC, was not an innocent project to enhance the traditional leadership. It was ostensibly a tactic to amass political power in the villages through their traditional leaders. This strategy introduced some level of competition amongst traditional leaders. The traditional leaders closest to the ANC […]
