JULIUS MALEMA cynically used an event held to commemorate the 1960 Sharpville massacre to lend his support by implication, to the bombing of a Mariupol Theatre four days earlier, in which 400 persons including children were sheltering. He thus praised Putin's invasion of the Ukraine on a National...

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...

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...

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, 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...

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...