11
Jan
ANC’s January 8 statement leaked
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Ben Trovato
Comrades and compatriots,
People of South Africa,
We gather here today in Mangaung, the cradle of our birth, inspired by … hold on, this is last year’s speech. Nobody wrote me a new one? It doesn’t ...
04
Jul
Out of the woodwork and into the cabinet
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When I had a proper job, I'd suffer from the Sunday Fear. You might have felt it yourself. It starts in the pit of your stomach and moves steadily up your spine. By 10pm it has crawled into the base o...
12
Jan
Cyril Ramaphosa’s January 8 statement leaked
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By
Comrades and compatriots,
People of South Africa,
We gather here today in Mangaung, the cradle of our birth, inspired by … hold on, this is last year's speech. Nobody wrote me a new one? It doesn't ...
23
Aug
Kicking against the Brics
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By
Since today falls in the middle of the Bric's meeting, it seemed right to send each leader a personalised message.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva: Bem-vindo! You will feel right at home here bec...
22
Jun
Dear President Ramaphosa…
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By
Congratulations on your successful mission to Europe. You have shown the world that South Africa is even able to unite countries that are at war with one another. Both Russia and Ukraine now agree tha...
09
Feb
My fellow South Africans …
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By
For the second year, the State of the Nation Address is not being delivered in the National Assembly. It feels like yesterday that a fire swept through parliament 375 days ago. This is why we have not...
08
Dec
A letter to the president
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By
Dear Comrade Cyril,
Congratulations/condolences on recent developments in the Phala Phala clusterfuck. Things are moving fast and there's no way of telling whether you'll be president, jobless or on ...
20
Oct
Shooting the breeze … and the boss
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An internal survey has found that 65% of cops don't look forward to going to work in the morning. This means the 35% who do enjoy the job are the ones collecting protection money, soliciting bribes an...
16
Jun
We’ve got an Ankole in the forex business
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I wanted to write about the last nail being hammered into Cyril Ramaphosa's political coffin. Or about a fat, repulsive ex-spook stabbing South Africa in the back, not to put it out of its misery, but...
09
Dec
The jellysloths and flying snakes of the ANC
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By
How peculiar to live in a country where the only person still capable of being shocked is the president. Not that I am currently in the country. If you've been paying attention, you will know that I a...
13
Jun
Dear Comrade President Cyril Ramaphosa the First…
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Well done on reminding us that members of parliament are people, too. Real people with real feelings. If you tickle them, do they not laugh? If you cut them, do they not bleed? If you pay them R100 00...
27
Apr
No safe harbour for Gigaba – a flashback
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Here's a letter I wrote to the man of the moment two-and-a-half years ago after Ajay Gupta gave him the home affairs ministry.
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Dear Comrade Malusi Gigaba...