Editorials
29.1.2019 09:40 am
Heed the warning bells from Zimbabwe
Corruption can become so rooted in a society that those benefitting will be prepared to use violence to maintain the status quo.
A sad Zimbabwean tweeted this week that his country was “topping the charts for all the wrong reasons”, following the news that inflation has just topped 300%. That’s the second highest in the world after the collapsing socialist paradise of Venezuela, where inflation comes it at around 80 000% per year.
Heed the warning bells from Zimbabwe
Corruption can become so rooted in a society that those benefitting will be prepared to use violence to maintain the status quo.
Columns
Now Helen Zille has crossed a line
It is the height of arrogance that a sitting provincial premier can advocate lawlessness in the form of a tax revolt.
Columns
A second chance at ringing in 2019
A week from today, the Chinese New Year will be celebrated around the globe. What a wonderful opportunity this presents for starting 2019 over.
Columns
Here are some bollocks election promises you can really believe in
I will be your president and Trevor Noah will be the Minister of Everything Else. Can’t be any worse. The best news, my friends, is our slogan. It’s simple and easy to use.
Editorials
Trump’s ego is a weapon of mass disruption
Who could imagine a country being shut down because one man is determined to fund a meaningless gesture.
Editorials
Tax boycotts aren’t the solution
Mbalula is one of those people inside the ANC glass house.
Editorials
Election research paints a bleak picture
Perhaps the reality is that young people are too busy trying to stay alive, to find a job or support their families to be interested in politics.
Editorials
The importance of checking facts
The media and public witch-hunt on Elana Barkhuizen shows how fake news can spread with the speed and destructive force of a wildfire.
Columns
The terror of my date with destiny
With no other option, I reluctantly made my way to this horror on tracks, and slowly up the steep first slope before all hell broke loose.
Columns
Gavin Watson leased his corrupt souls monthly
Prominent political activists, the Watsons quickly parlayed their struggle credentials into empowerment-related business contracts … and more.
Columns
Orchids and Onions: Let’s drown our sorrows
An Orchid to Spar. And an Onion to you, Telkom, because your marketing, and your customer service is a mess.
Editorials
The honeymoon with Ramaphosa is truly over
Malema’s threats to disrupt the upcoming State of the Nation Address in parliament early next month is notice of the EFF’s intent.
Editorials
SA needs answers over citizen’s death in Mozambique
The bottom line is that a South African citizen is dead and we need answers.
Columns
The silence after ‘racist’ teacher’s reinstatement is deafening
The same political parties that were quick to protest and condemn Barkhuizen and the school are now mum after the hard evidence.
Columns
Choose a hubby who’s not like a political party
You want one who has compassion for you, even when you get older.
Columns
Do your worst, Willem Petzer, I’m bored of you now
While the alt-right vlogger’s attempts to discredit The Citizen and its online editors worked, at first, they have since descended into total absurdity.
Editorials
Don’t get depressed over evidence at Zondo Commission
Rather remember if Jacob Zuma had not been ousted as president 11 months ago, there would never have been such an inquiry in the first place.
Editorials
Sixty years on, this icon is still on the road
The Mini is a metaphor for how the world has changed: it’s bigger, faster, slicker, safer … and a lot more complex than it was six decades ago.
Columns
Life Esidimeni families should make peace with the DA
The families of the victims should be thankful to the DA – especially Jack Bloom – for exposing the tragedy, instead of vilifying the party.
Columns
Forget the luxuries – help your children
The parents of my generation salute the heroes of yesteryear for championing our rights – but they desert their children for the niceties of life.
Editorials
SA will just have to bear the Zim consequences
If democracy and free and fair elections in that nation were supported, SA probably wouldn’t have to deal now with millions of refugees.
Editorials
Corruption reigns from SA’s head to tail
It seems that ANC officials – even at a fairly low level – are not shy in viewing community assets as their own.
Columns
Ramaphosa should clear the air of the Bosasa stench
There should be full disclosure about the work Andile Ramaphosa performed for Bosasa, how much he was paid, and whether that was reasonable.
Columns
A history best left unwritten
The job of separating the wheat from the chaff will prove daunting. See, in our history there’s more chaff than wheat.
Editorials
Why the Reserve Bank should not be nationalised
The worrying question is: why would the ANC want to take over the institution tasked with setting broader economic policy?
Editorials
What is the biggest problem at Prasa?
Railway expert Dr Willem Sprong has put forward good ideas to fix the Prasa mess, but there’s a huge locomotive in the room.
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