I was reading Christi van der Westhuizen’s blog, and rereading Paul Whelan’s comment on my article about Friedman’s thoughts on the battle for African Democracy.
It got me to thinking about democracy, a hazily defined concept at the best of times, within our South African framework. Democracy is of course a choice. It was a choice […]
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Steven Friedman, in thoughtLeader, has explored the chaos of African politics at present, and continues his polemic against criticism against African leaders, as his blog has tended to advocate, by suggesting that afro-pessimists as he labels them, are nothing more than people who believe that black people are unable to govern,
This is, to my mind […]
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The constitution is our expression, it is our highest law not for any other reason but that we, as a people, have chosen it as such. And it is for that reason we, as a nation, must uphold it, and establish (through the government) institutions to protect our nation and the constitution upon which is […]
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The City Press is reporting that the knives are already out for poor old JZ, and that Zuma had an angry outburst in the NEC.
One can only imagine the pressure poor Jacob is under, flying to Davos and hobnobbing with other global players, some of which have earned far more than he has in […]
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I’m no Scientologist when it comes to modern mental healthcare. I believe that medicines should be used to treat mental illness when necessary.
But I do believe that an industry of prescription has developed where ever widening groups of the populace are being drugged with mood altering chemicals at their own insistence. Everyone today knows […]
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The IFP seems to be re-launching itself as a legitimate contender for the opposition, along with the Democratic Alliance. Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s hold on the party remains strong, but as the man ages he realises that for the party to move on he needs to step back to a certain degree and allow for other younger […]
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Michael Trapido in thoughLeader explores the current case of fraud that is pending in France, which saw Societe Generale, cleaned out of nearly $8 billion.
That’s a pretty scary thought, and now the talking heads and finance wonks will point the finger at securities traders and their evil ways.
But what should really be looked at is […]
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When you read total swill like IOL’s reporting on the Afrikanerbond’s call for the privatisation of Eskom, its enough to make your blood boil.
For those who don’t know, the Afrikanerbond are the spiritual and organisation successors of the secret Afrikaner society, namely the Broederbond. As a South African, and the son of a proud […]
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Obama Vs. Hillary : Round 4… FIGHT!
With Obama trouncing Hillary in South Carolina, and February 5th (aka Super Tuesday) lurching around the corner, the heat is turning up between the Obama and Clinton camps.
The two horse race there, with each candidate focusing on the other is helping eliminate other hopefuls such as John Edwards, […]
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Minister of Public Enterprises, Alec Erwin, has had a tough week defending the large salaries and bonuses dished out to high level executives at the national electricity giant, Eskom, owing to the rush to criticise the utility’s leaders in the face of rolling blackouts across the country for the foreseeable future.
Perhaps Erwin thinks he […]
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CNN is reporting on the biggest securities fraud of all time; French bank societe generale has had a fraud of over 7 billion dollars perpetrated against itself, from the internal European Futures desk.
No doubt in the coming days further details will follow, Wikipedia doesn’t even have a document on the supposed perpetrator as I […]
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I am a huge advocate for Open Courseware, and have been a fan ever since I discovered MIT’s Open Courseware site after I left Stellenbosch in 2003, since it helped me with the subjects I was doing through UNISA, as well as in other subject areas which I want to explore.
Today, I discovered Yale’s […]
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South Africa, lives in a nexus of rich and poor, a microcosm of the worlds ever widing gap between the wealth of people. While Adam Smith focused on the wealth of nations, the global challenge today is one of ensuring a better and more economic future for the poorest third of the world’s population, which […]
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I believe in taxation. As someone who doesn’t really agree with a single party platform in this country, I go even further and say that I believe in taxation WITHOUT representation. I believe the wider the collection area of the government purse, the better for the nation: tax is for oneself, and for one’s countrymen, […]
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Ivor Powell was arrested earlier this week. Powell is a prominent Scorpion in the Western Cape, where I live, and it has been alleged he was drunk and in the company of wanted fugitive Igshaan Davids (full story: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20080123063733619C636940)
The Police and the Scorpions are clearly at one another’s throats, and though all that they […]
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