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A portrait of former president Nelson Mandela painted on a wall in Johannesburg in July 2012. Picture: GALLO IMAGES/THE TIMES

LETTER: Mandela’s reign was not so saintly

The reporting about Mandela was cloyingly one-sided as if one did not dare question a saint

LETTER: An African education

St Stithians. Picture: SUNDAY TIMES

After all, many Germans in Johannesburg go to the German School and Greeks go to Saheti school

LETTER: Mutwa’s prophecy

Credo Mutwa. Picture: REUTERS

Was having a Zulu as president a good omen or otherwise?

LETTER: ‘Tenderitis’ at Prasa?

Lucky Montana briefs the media on Friday on his dismissal as the CEO of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa.  Picture: MAKWENA MANAMELA

What did CEO Lucky Montana and board chairman Popo Molefe clash over?

LETTER: Race not defined

Picture: THINKSTOCK

As black economic empowerment is based on race, the matter of a legal definition of race surely comes into play

LETTER: Can Greece repay?

Frayed European Union and Greek flags flutter atop the Greek Ministry of Finance in central Athens.  Picture: REUTERS

How will Greece repay up to €7,818 for every man, woman and child it plans to borrow

LETTER: New visa rules don’t fly

Picture: SUNDAY TIMES

As Prof Keeton points out, we are either serious about job creation, or we are not

LETTER: Multiple misquotes

Former president Nelson Mandela. Picture: SUNDAY TIMES

Prof Colin Bundy’s article makes the important point that a sanitised Mandela has been beatified, but there are serious inaccuracies

LETTER: Nurturing watchdogs

Mbuyiseni Ndlozi. Picture: Picture: SUNDAY TIMES

There can be no better motivation for actively supporting those who seek to hold the corrupt to account

St Stithians. Picture: SUNDAY TIMES

LETTER: Kids cool at school

On the issue of African culture in education the fault lies entirely with the African National Congress-instituted syllabus

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The Third Umpire

Fifa president Sepp Blatter, whose formation of a task force, ostensibly to reform world football and rid it of corruption, has been panned as too little, too late and an attempt to retain control after he has stepped down.

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Ipid acting executive director Israel Kgamanyane, for rushing to act against whistleblowers who leaked information on nepotism and maladministration in the organisation, rather than tackling the issues at hand.

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Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, for opening a criminal case against doctors who performed a Caesarian in the emergency ward of a public hospital, rather than waiting for the outcome of an internal probe.

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