Not to prejudge matters, because he may in fact be guilty of an offence, but Sunday Times’ journalist Mzilikazi wa Afrika has been arrested by a gang of cops at the Avusa offices.
Whilst the charges are apparently related to a fraudulent document in his alleged possession, it doesn’t take a genius to see a possible […]
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So besides a few attempts at looting, etc, the large scale rumoured ‘uhuru’ of foreign Africans living in South Africa did not commence today.
The security apparatus of the country is in full flight in swatting the few incidences were the rightly named criminals hiding under the cloak of ‘xenophobia’ are attempting to put a […]
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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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Friday was a blow to anyone who wants South Africa to be a powerful and healthy democracy. Not because the courts found on Zuma’s behalf on a technicality, but that so many of his sycophants seem to think that Justice Nicholson’s ruling was a vindication of their man.
The fact is that the man who was […]
Filed under: Africa, Corruption, Crime, Ideas, Law, Philosophy, Politics, Rant, Society, Zuma, ethics by Andrew la Grange
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I’m an African youth. I might be white. I might not support the ANC (or the DA or the rest of the incompetent left overs from all divides of Apartheid politics). And I suppose in the world of a struggle ‘veteran’ (yeah: like the 18 year old ‘veterans’ of the Zimbabwean civil war that happened […]
Filed under: Commentary, Corruption, Crime, Ideas, Language, Politics, Rant, Society, Zuma, ethics by Andrew la Grange
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I’m depressed about the state of my country. Let me rattle off some names:
Zuma
Hlope
Malema
Selebi
Mbeki
Mugabe
Pikoli
Mpofu
I could probably speak for hours on each of these men and the scandals embroiled around them. But it would be a waste of my time and intellect: apathy is rife in my mind, because I know that as as a […]
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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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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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… and I agree.
http://www.thetimes.co.za/PrintEdition/Article.aspx?id=772542
The time has come. Mr. Mbeki is not fit to serve as my president. I believed at one time that he might be a better alternative to Jacob Zuma. But the last 12 months have PROVED that Thabo (I won’t do him the dignity of using his full or surname) is […]
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President Thabo Mbeki has acted presidential for once, and ordered the South African National Defence Force to assist in quelling the xenophobic violence which is ravaging the north of the country.
Now the big question is… will the SANDF succeed where the police has failed? And will the generals dispatch enough power on the streets. […]
Filed under: Commentary, Crime, Military, Society by Andrew la Grange
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South Africa’s streets are turning bloody, and any sane person would call for the army to stop the violence; the army is a broadsword but the violence now prevailing as the people rise up against any sort of civil authority runs the risk of becoming unhinged, beyond the cruel and criminal activity already taking place […]
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Warning, this video involves GRAPHIC scenes of recent violence on South Africa streets:
http://multimedia.thetimes.co.za/photos/2008/05/flames-of-hate/
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I am ashamed to call myself an African. Not because our country, our continent, is a place which God has blessed with grandeur and purpose, but rather that we Africans have failed to have any semblance of humanity, decency, moral courage.
We are the barbarians of the world, and I am as complicit as […]
Filed under: Commentary, Crime, Ideas, Language, Law, Rant, Society, ethics by Andrew la Grange
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From a chat with a friend, about the security crisis and my previous post on the need for peace in our country:
I’ve been reflecting on the lack of a body for broad based non-partisan cohesion […]
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