Dear 'Wokus Pokus' Saffer Putin Supporter Yes, I mean you. One of the many pseudo lefties in South Africa who claim "Russia is surrounded by Nato" despite the country sharing a border with Kazakhstan, Mongolia and China. The average, misguided socialist wannabee stuck with what Nigel Gibson writi...
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Dear Anton Harber, you’re nothing more than a Putin apologist
Dear Anton Harber, YOU were once the editor of a weekly rag fundamentally opposed to the apartheid state. I read the Weekly Mail religiously every week, since the day it arrived on our newsstands, and followed often radical opinions, many white leftie columnists and also the writing of a sole, to...
Keep positive comrades
Here some positive stories from the past week: AI is translating sign language in real time South Africa is building TWO new cities – here’s where you can find them SA eyes share of R12bn Square Kilometre Array deals South Africa has a thriving art showcase
Dear Ms Naledi Pandor
Dear Ms Naledi Pandor, Your campaign to exclude the Jewish African Diaspora from the African Union refers. That I live in a country with an egregious history of involvement and support for Hitler's policies of mass extermination of Jews, should not have to be the starting point for a debate in So...
Tutu, a leading light of the anti-apartheid movement was no Saint
MANY eulogies following the death of Desmond Tutu exaggerate the Anglican cleric's post-democratic contribution in the process glossing over serious shortcomings. That Tutu was a leading light in the struggle against apartheid can never be cast in doubt, and I take pride in having marched with hi...
Sisulu steps in the proverbial ‘kakka’
FOR TWENTY years Imelda Marcos, the First Lady of the Philippines and her husband Ferdinand Marcos stole billions from the Filipino people, before they were convicted after mass protests that would later become known as the 'People Power Revolution'. Imelda Marcos's luxury shoe collection is said...
