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25.2.2021 03:48 pm
Uthini Magqebz? The initial shock and slow joy of the new place name
The initial grumpiness from some pale reactionaries will eventually dissipate, writes Hagen Engler, as he celebrates the renaming of his home town.
I was surprised, but ultimately thrilled to learn this week that my old home town of Port Elizabeth had been renamed to Gqeberha.
Columns
No need to go to court or go broke to ensure better services
Use your vote to get rid of ANC incompetence and corruption which prevent efficient governance.
Editorials
Mboweni hopefully pulls off a miracle budget
He must find money to combat Covid-19 and fund the economic recovery, while not killing the taxpayer goose which lays the golden egg and which is already choking to death.
Columns
Do matric results really mean anything?
Are we really celebrating the right achievements, ask Richard Chemaly, when we ignore the child who scored 65% while facing a barrage of challenges, at the expense of one who scored 80% while having all the opportunities in the world?
Editorials
SA should take a leaf out of Israel’s book on vaccine rollout
Much of the country has reopened for business, with shops available to all and access to gyms and theatres limited to those who had been inoculated.
Columns
Mboweni must go fish for money ahead of budget speech
I know that running a country is slightly more complex than a fishing trip, but the same principles apply.
Editorials
Matrics, teachers did SA proud despite pass rate decline
The result also shows that our education system is resilient – it did not collapse under the strain of Covid-19.
Columns
The ANC is killing itself to protect its corrupt leaders
The loyalty of those who continue to protect corrupt leaders may come at a price higher than they are willing to pay, of they truly love the ANC as much as they claim to.
Opinion Taxpayers exposed to Eskom’s nuclear waste disposal, decommissioning liabilities
Future decommissioning, waste storage and disposal will be ultimately recovered from customers via Eskom’s Nersa-approved electricity tariffs.
Columns
Everyone should have the right to die on their own terms
In a democratic society such as ours, it should not be up to bureaucrats and politicians to decide whether assisted dying is wrong or right, says Bernadette Wicks.
Columns
There is murder everywhere, and our farmers are vulnerable
Now I object to murder being turned into a political or a race issue. I’m infuriated when one killing is deemed more terrible than another, one victim more pitiable.
Editorials
Pangolin support deserves applause
Experts cannot pinpoint exactly how many pangolins are left in the wild, as they can’t be counted from the air, but we do know they are under severe threat.
Editorials
Matrics of 2020 should be proud
The amazing attitude from pupils and exceptional commitment from especially the teachers, school administrators and parents ensured the class of 2020 would make it.
Columns
Daily Maverick biggest culprit
Having known Jacques Pauw for 30 years, my initial reaction to his story was to laugh and wonder if “strong drink had been taken”.
Columns Hitchens’s razor and the case of Malema and Zuma’s phantom claims
It can’t be coincidental that Malema, Zuma and his daughter – who shared a cup of tea two weeks ago – have come out in the same week to speak uniformly about SA’s judges.
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