Tag Archives: Azapo
WILL THE ANC WALK THE TALK ON LAND EXPROPRIATION?
“We are to have land again….Our land is us. We are our land. You took our land …. Without land we cannot be.” Prince Maqoma was imprisoned on Robben Island by British colonialists in 1859. He died there at the
AFRICAN PEOPLE ARE HISTORICALLY XENOPHILIC AND COMPASSIONATE !!!
Africans are generally known to be xenophillic compared to Europeans and Asians. I learned this from Dr Cheikh Anta Diop’s book titled “The Cultural Unity of Black Africa” which I reviewed in the late 1980 or early 1990’s. The following
2014 ELECTIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA…VOTE RIGGING IS BECKONING!!
The arrogance of ANC leaders clearly shows that they are rigging elections and have Western backing. There is no way a leader of a corrupt political party can engage in corruption, make dismissive utterances of corruption charges against him and
REFLECTIONS ON THE 2014 STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS!!
I watched the parliamentary debate on 17 February after many years of not watching that circus. I watched because I wanted to listen to the responses to President Jacob Zuma’s porous state of the (ANC) nation address taking into consideration
THE SELL-OUT DEAL IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE SPATE OF PROTESTS!
“Prisoners are not free to negotiate with their jailers,” these were the words of the then second President and founding member of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) of Azania, Zeph Mothopeng, referring to ANC leader Nelson Mandela who has been
THE CHALLENGES FACING OPPOSITION PARTIES IN AFRICA!
One of the moves that can send shock waves down the spines of ANC bigwigs could be when all the opposition political parties form a single political party before next year’s elections. Should that happen, then next year’s ballot paper
WHAT OF RAMPHELE’S “PARTY POLITICAL PLATFORM”?
Mantashe is being hypocritical because the ANC itself was funded by the US in the run up to the 1994 general elections. What is good for the goose must also be good for the gander. And it is not clear
PAYING THE PRICE OF TELLING THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH
In the early 1990's, former ANC President Nelson Mandela went to fund-raise money from the Nation of Islam leader, Louis Farrakhan. In the sixteen years that it has been in power, ANC mouthpiece, the SABC, has reported once about Farrakhan
THE EVOLUTION OF MEDIA COVERAGE PRE AND POST 1990
As the sixteenth year of 'freedom' ushered in, one sadly observed the evolution of media/press reportage over the years and concur that indeed the media is free only to those who own it. The media also shapes national culture and
