I really love the quaint civil society assertion that they will somehow be able to defeat this most vulgar attack on our freedom of speech and constitutional dispensation being perpetrated at present by the ANC, both in their roles as the party of government and supposedly the party of freedom.
Talking to friends, whether they […]
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Increasingly I am making links between the ANC of today, and the NP of the past. In the coming weeks I am going to be writing a series of articles on the present nature of the ANC and how the transformation of South Africa since Freedom has mirrored the transformation of the ANC.
The core […]
Filed under: Africa, Commentary, Decision Theory, Government, Ideas, Law, Philosophy, Politics, Reconciliation, Society by Andrew la Grange
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Jacob Zuma’s first speech to the parliament on his election as State President, has the blogeratti bubbling along, full of hope that Zuma will walk the walk, as he has talked the talk quite well since the mandate was handed to the ANC, and thus him in the April elections.
Let me be honest, I […]
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It seems we, the people of South Africa, lack an emotion. We lack it to such a degree that the absence of it in our hearts is distilled and purified in the halls of our nations power, the Union Buildings, the Parliament, the party National Committee and the halls of academia. We lack shame. We […]
Filed under: Africa, Commentary, Corruption, Crime, Decision Theory, Diplomacy, Government, Ideas, Obama, Politics, Zimbabwe, Zuma, ethics by Andrew la Grange
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Gordon Brown sent the message yesterday that he knew how to handle an economic crisis - despite having an economy that is dwarfed by the U.S. economy, the UK government put together a bailout worth over 500 billion pounds. All over a take out curry - now that is impressive stuff!
Couple that with an […]
Filed under: Business, Commentary, Corruption, Decision Theory, Economy, Government, Ideas, Law, Politics, Society, ethics, work by Andrew la Grange
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So the UK banking sector is getting spanked this morning! But look who is doing well… booze companies.
And who says that there aren’t any recession resistant stocks around! I wonder how food stocks are doing, esp. with inputs like oil heading down as well… now, where is my crystal ball…
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No doubt everyone is dropping a coil over the failure of the ‘bailout’ from the U.S. congress to calm world markets. Incredibly people are learning the downside of a globalised economy - big brother in the form of the United States can’t bail out the entire world due to structural shortcomings.
Of course this is all […]
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When we are young, our parents tell us to take responsibility for our actions. To not blame others for our missteps and failures if they are the product of our own limitations and mistakes. You need to learn from your mistakes. Or at least parents should tell their children that. Its character building, and leads […]
Filed under: Commentary, Decision Theory, Economy, Government, Ideas, Politics, Rant, Society, U.S. Elections, ethics by Andrew la Grange
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I’m a huge believer in nuclear power. I think all the tree huggers and hash smoking Greenpeace hippies should look at the simple fact that the solution to our destructive addition to fossil fuel has been staring us in the face since the 40s, namely nuclear power. It is infinitely cleaner, safer for the […]
Filed under: Business, Commentary, Decision Theory, Environment, Government, Ideas, Society, U.S. Elections, ethics by Andrew la Grange
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PK will no doubt fight with me on this, but I think I might just have called it (probably my best one since I said the West should be concerned about Arab Extremism , on MFM 92.6 on the 10th of September 2001) regarding the next President (Has Motlanthe used Zuma as a Sleeper? : […]
Filed under: Africa, Commentary, Corruption, Decision Theory, Diplomacy, Language, Philosophy, Politics, Society, Zuma by Andrew la Grange
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I’m in a lot of pain at the moment. One of the reasons I’ve seemingly disappeared off the face of the planet. I haven’t had a chance to check all my personal and work emails, which now stand with over 1000 unread mails (not because people love me, but because I have tonnes of Bacn […]
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http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=6&art_id=nw20080626114212346C109992
Helen Zille wants to debate Jacob Zuma in a public debate, a-la U.S. elections.
I don’t think she is going to get her wish, Zuma, and the ANC sees debate outside the ANC as anathema. To debate outside the party is to acknowledge that ideas of value can exist outside of the party, and that […]
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I’m going to have quick blog about something not political (in fact I’m going to try and avoid politics for a while, because my head is beginning to explode with anger/rage/fear/frustration). I’ll just say that moral governments should invade Zimbabwe to end the humanitarian crisis, Jacob Zuma should be prohibited from becoming president (not necessarily […]
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One can’t really say if Justice John Hlope, Cape Judge President, is a corrupt official (YET!). The allegations around him seem to suggest so - particularly since these allegations have come from members of the highest court in the land, the constitutional court.
But what can be said with certainty, especially considering Hlope’s association with […]
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The Times reports: http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=769049
Alec Erwin has decided to step down from ’serving’ the people of South Africa, by running public enterprises into the ground, and overseeing the fire sale wholesale divestiture of the State’s assets.
Well done Alec, if anyone harboured residual suspicions that white politicians were more capable than black ones you did […]
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