LETTER: Cronin offers a school of red herrings
The bill is unconstitutional in allowing the state to take ownership and possession of property by notice of expropriation and without a prior court order confirming that the proposed expropriation is (objectively) for public purposes, or in the public interest
LETTER: Cronin disingenuous
Deputy Public Works Minister Jeremy Cronin is disingenuous in the way he reflects the Western Cape government’s comments on the Expropriation Bill
LETTER: Aircraft details missed
Minister Radebe was at pains to emphasise the helicopters belonged neither to the South African Police Service nor the South African National Defence Force but were paid for by the Guptas — in other words, were private aircraft — he didn’t expand on the two fixed-wing aircraft — did these belong to the state or were they also on charter?
LETTER: Stop blaming Brazil
South African producers would not be able to compete internationally on price as their production costs are much higher than other export countries.
LETTER: Try writing in isiNgesi
I wonder about the reference in the editorial, "Language is a job for school", written in English, to "isiXhosa", "isiZulu", and "seSotho" — perhaps the writer of your editorial needs to brush up on his isiNgesi
LETTER: Cabinet complicit in Gupta saga
In most liberal democratic regimes, the Gupta saga would have resulted the ignominious fall of a government
LETTER: Buy your own lunch
The financial disparity in our society between those who "have" and those who "have not" is high and by all accounts is only set to increase
LETTER: Academic notions
Academics are often given a hard time when commenting on events in the real world— they do, however, invite such censure
LETTER: South Africa’s partyocracy
Democracy is an imperfect system. It does, however, provide the most likely guarantee of freedoms for the individual.
LETTER: Where is the buck?
It may be opportune to remind President Jacob Zuma of the sign on president Truman’s desk, which simply said: "This is where the buck stops"
LETTER: Follow-up needed
Surely thousands of cancer patients are worth fighting for? Or is something else afoot here?
LETTER: Taking three stands
In a world where global conflicts and democratic infringements threaten us all, their principled stand offers hope
LETTER: Descent into anarchy
The reign of lawlessness is increasing, emboldening others to go for it and play the lawlessness lottery
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Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille, for the city sensibly vetoing the move to ban liquor sales on Sunday, as it would have dire consequences for businesses. Let’s hope Gauteng authorities will come to the party on this too.
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. Despite slow GDP growth, the South African Revenue Service managed to rake in R814bn — despite the worrying contraction in corporate income tax due to mining’s many woes.
President Jacob Zuma. His belief that “the problem with SA is that everyone wants to govern” is entirely of his own doing. He makes it look so damn easy and even more rewarding — who wouldn’t want the job?
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