How the world sees us: The Times – 'Zuma is enemy of blacks and whites'                  Fin 24 5 November 2015     Those who have been through crisis points in their lives know that the first step to recovery is admitting there is a problem, that the situation is unmanageable. The paradox is that only after such utter surrender can the solutions begin. There are reminders everywhere. I had a couple this week that the Zuma Administration

EFF marches: 'This isn't a Mickey Mouse organisation' Greg Nicolson, Daily Maverick 28 October 2015     Image: Police estimate there were 50,000 people on Tuesday's march, making it the largest in recent local history. (Greg Nicolson) Tuesday's Economic Freedom Fighters march was the perfect opening to the party's 2016 election campaign. The numbers were huge, the demonstration peaceful, and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange provided material

Why South Africa is Wrong to leave the International Criminal Court Saul Musker, The Guardian 14 October 2015     Image: Jacob Zuma at a UN lunch during the recent general assembly in New York. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/dpa/Corbis When South African president Jacob Zuma confirmed he was planning to withdraw the country from the international criminal court, he was careful to claim the moral highground. “In the eyes of the African

Property rights: Boere need to make a plan - IRR Frans Cronje, politicsweb 12 October 2015 How to safeguard the future of commercial farming in South Africa This policy brief was produced by the IRR at the request of the Transvaal Agricultural Union – South Africa and many commercial farmers within the country Introduction South Africa’s 35 000 remaining commercial farmers (down from 60 000 in 1996) are vital to the food security of 54m South

South Africa plans to leave International Criminal Court TJ Strydom, Reuters 11 October 2105   JOHANNESBURG- South Africa plans to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC), a deputy minister said on Sunday, as the government faces criticism for ignoring a court order to arrest Sudan's president earlier this year. The ICC has "lost its direction" and the ruling African National Congress (ANC) wants to withdraw South Africa after following

In Pursuit of Wealth ... to the Death Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya, The Mercury, South Africa 7 October 2015     Image: Recent events such as businessman Wandile Bozwana's murder, Radovan Krejcir's escape bid and taxi killings highlight just how violent a society we are and perhaps more importantly, the obsession with being wealthy, says the writer. Photo: Boxer Ngwenya, Independent Media.  Recent events reveal a disturbing tendency to put wealth

“White genocide” is not underway in South Africa Dr. Gregory Stanton, Genocide Watch 19 August 2015   To get a basic understanding of the Ten Stage model that Genocide Watch uses to map the genocidal process, please read http://genocidewatch.net/genocide-2/8-stages-of-genocide/ . Our rankings of countries are based on qualitative readings of open source news reports and reports from on-the-ground observers in the Alliance Against Genocide and

Gloom driving emigration from South Africa Helen Bamford, IOL News 06 July 2015   Cape Town - Many highly-qualified South Africans of all races are opting to leave the country in search of a better future.   There has been a reported spike in queries since the beginning of the year with load shedding, crime and corruption cited as among the reasons people are leaving.   A Facebook site, South Africans Migrating to Australia, started

Can Thulisile Madonsela Save South Africa From Itself? Alexis Okeowo, New York Times 16 June 2015   On a cloudy morning in March last year, dozens of reporters, photographers and camera crews gathered in the vast building that houses the offices of Thulisile Madonsela, South Africa’s public protector. The journalists assembled that day were searched by security, stripped of their phones, pens, notebooks and recording equipment and told to

South Africa’s Ruling African National Congress Disgraces Itself Eric Reeves 15 June 2015   Image: The Khartoum regime's Génocidaire-in-Chief Omar Hassan al-Bashir, voting for himself (virtually alone at this polling station) in April's travesty of national "elections" This morning (June 15, 2015) Omar al-Bashir, President of Sudan, was allowed to leave South Africa despite a pending arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court charging