Tag: ANC
From the On the Contrary column: Yes, Eskom is the ANC’s mess
WINTER was in the air, driving the confederacy of convivial conversationalists inside to our regular corner at the local Pub and Grill, to address...
The incredible lightness of taxes
SO there we were, peacefully minding each other’s business at the local home of fine food and wine when Luke the Dude walked in....
From the ‘On the Contrary’ column – Bossing it like Beijing
The Company of Convivial Conversationalists at the local Grill and Garden were enjoying an interlude of content mid-evening silence as the Governor was seeing...
Fooling the people some of the time
From the 'A Bee in my Bonnet' column.
ONE of the benefits of the internet and social media, at least to this reader, is that...
We are the ANC: and we have a problem
There is nothing quite like a good intervention. My 16 year old daughter in particular has a great fondness for them and at least...
Be careful what you wish for
“WE are living in a beautiful country and the ANC is a very good government. Look around you. Here we are, sitting in the...
South Africa’s recovery cannot be driven by an ideological fantasy
by Gerhard Papenfus
SOUTH AFRICA needs an extraordinary plan and a huge amount of political will to dig itself out of the proverbial hole we...
SA’s R4 trillion pension pot in ANC’s crosshairs
The South African Communist Party (SACP), which has long used its dominance over the African National Congress (ANC) to set the policy agenda for...
Land committee receives 140 000 submissions, faces ‘nightmare’ planning for hearings
The parliamentary joint committee on constitutional review has so far received 140 000 written submissions about possible changes to land ownership rights and will...
Western Cape ANC dismayed by city’s proposed water tariff hike
The party says it believes the City is hurting the poor and should be using the underspent amount of money in the water sector.
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