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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Can you guess that I wrote the title of this post before Bafana’s 3-0 drubbing by Uruguay? While the result was disappointing, I have to say that I remain very proud of our boys. Few countries with a national team that is going through a rough patch like ours, have had to suffer the indignity […]
Filed under: Africa, Commentary, Corruption, Economy, Government, Ideas, Malema, Philosophy, Politics, Reconciliation, Society, World Cup, Zuma by Andrew la Grange
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In case you believe that the whole country is going to hell in a hand basket, and national enterprise is destined for absolute failure, think about the South African Post Office.
I can’t speak for its profitability, but then again the U.S. Mail is a loss leader for that country, and the UK’s service is […]
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Everyone is running around like a headless chicken in the US at the moment about the Recession/Depression that the country is facing.
The government is printing money at a truly impressive rate, making Robert Mugabe look like a fiscal conservative. With all the TRILLIONS of dollars being pumped out by Treasury and the Fed, the […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Trevor Manuel and others are leaving the cabinet. The rand has fallen sharply against the dollar initially on the news.
From Business Day:
Statement on the resignation of members of Cabinet and Deputy Ministers
President Thabo Mbeki has, to date, received letters of resignation from the following members of Cabinet which, regretfully, he has had to accept:
1. […]
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I should choose my words wisely. Because Sbu Ngobeni is quoted today by Independent Newspapers, as saying he will “shoot and kill” Jonathan Shapiro, who Mr. Ngobeni says “deserved to rot in hell” for Sunday’s cartoon indicating Jacob Zuma was being assisted by the Alliance to rape the justice system.
Do we now live in […]
Filed under: Commentary, Corruption, Economy, Ideas, Language, Law, Philosophy, Politics, Rant, Society, War, Zuma, ethics by Andrew la Grange
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YeboYethu, Vodacom’s payoff (well only 3.44%: bribes come cheap these days) to BEE, shows just how cheap it has become to pay off white guilt in South Africa (even for a company that likes to give all its employees kids Lego, and take everyone out to the Velodrome for a command performance from Westlife, as […]
Filed under: Africa, BEE, Commentary, Corruption, Economy, Ideas, Media, Politics, Rant, Society, Zuma, ethics by Andrew la Grange
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During the Great Depression, and afterwards during the New Deal (which could be argued was pretty depressing for many) Franklin Roosevelt spoke to the American people with the so-called ‘Fireside chats’. I think that sort of direct passive communication between the leader of a nation and its citizens is a good thing.
Thabo Mbeki may […]
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Tito Mboweni and the rest of the monetary policy committee of the South Africa Reserve Bank look set to raise interest rates by as much as 2% to curb rampant inflation, which is breaking through the 10+ %, well outside the inflation target of the government at 3-6%
This may seem draconian, as jobs are […]
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Al Gore speaks about the paralysis of democracy in his latest TED talk, as he expresses his optimism and frustration at the global challenge of climate crisis.
After watching the video yesterday, today I thought about that paralysis, especially in light of the seeming disconnect between the actions of my own national leader, Thabo Mbeki, […]
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Today, after a few weeks of blissful calmness, the N1 in Cape Town filled up with cars. Why? The end of school holidays of course.
I wonder why we, as South Africans, continue to miss what to the rest of the world seems completely obvious. The distribution of children to their schools shouldn’t be done […]
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