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Stop the draconian Cybercrime Bill

Stop the draconian Cybercrime Bill

IN OCTOBER of 2015, I warned readers of the many dangers inherent to the deeply flawed and draconian Cybercrime Bill, Medialternatives was one of the first publications in the country to break the story, followed by an opinion piece written by myself and published by the Cape Times, I therefore f...

Apartheid-era bank bail-outs make headlines

Apartheid-era bank bail-outs make headlines

FOR OVER two decades the truth about apartheid-era bank bail-outs, corporate slush-funds, financial life-boats, espionage and dirty tricks was suppressed by the mainstream press. The country's state broadcaster, the venerable SABC even went so far as pulling the plug on a documentary by Silvia Vo...

Kenny Motsamai finally free

Kenny Motsamai finally free

ONE year after convicted freedom fighter Kenny Motsamai was released on day parole, the state has lifted restrictions, allowing Motsamai to walk to freedom. Member of the Azanian People's Liberation Army (Apla), Kenny Motsamai, was released on day parole from Boksburg Prison in January last year....

The Giant is Falling

The Giant is Falling

TWENTY-two years ago, when Nelson Mandela became the first democratically elected leader of a South Africa still emerging from the shadow of apartheid, hopes were high that the hero of the anti-apartheid struggle would lead the nation into an era of equality and prosperity. Three years after his...