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Free sick prisoners

AS a South African who believes in law and reality, I am very disturbed to hear that someone has spotted Schabir Shaik driving around on his own.

Politicians must walk their talk

I SIT daily and think about what exactly is wrong with South Africa. I ask myself: why are we are moving in the wrong direction?

Xingwana’s stance on porn

By Sandile Memela 56 views

The brouhaha over Arts and Culture Minister Lulu Xingwana's stance exposes the danger of interest group who impose social scripts.

Audit the ANC as well

Sefu Sekgala 19 comments | 1664 views

THE fact of the matter is that, Julius Malema is not the first ANC office bearer to amass millions or billions of rands from state tenders.

President’s state-of-the-nation address outdated

By Sefu Sekgala 5 comments | 866 views

PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma is the most modern South African president, however, his state-of-the-nation address last Thursday lacked any trace of modernity.

Let’s first deal with justice and politicians

By Carl Wille 13 comments | 923 views

I APPEAL to my fellow South Africans to unite and hold our leaders accountable for years of bad leadership, poverty, oppression, injustice and the abuse of power.

An Open Letter to the President

By Lukhona Mnguni 25 comments | 2824 views

After having read the front page story of the Sunday Times (31/01/2010), I feel compelled to write to you as an ordinary citizen.

Er…Mr. President: Matter of concern

By Thato Mthembu 29 comments | 2217 views

MY CITY PRESS: So our president does it yet again. He’s made the front pages of newspapers and got everyone’s tongues wagging and it’s not all positive (as usual). Hayi but this time even his ardent fans need to step back for a minute and admit that he’s become a matter of great concern.

Leave politics out of Humanitarian Aid

Firoz Osman 19 views

THE remarkable achievement of hauling out 134 lives from the rubble of the devastating Haiti earthquake merits acclaim for the humanitarian organisations that responded to the disaster.

Return of symbols of oppression

Tshifhiwa Mahosi 7 comments | 426 views

Like many struggle songs I am not sure how this was composed and popularised across the breadth of the country, but chanting and marching in the streets of Thohoyandou on that day in 1990 when Mandela was released is a memory that remains etched in my mind.

Time to denounce acts that harm and degrade our women

by Abullah Saeed 43 views

The international campaign against gender violence is intended to curb violence against women and children in the world.

Culture is ours and that’s that

by Thandanani Mkhize and Maropeng Moholoa 71 views

IT IS a fact that African cultures are slowly disappearing, and I am of the belief that this requires custodians to guard against that.

Ministers are reckless with money

By Stephen Twinoburyo 10 comments | 1188 views

WHEN news surfaced that Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale had canned the R22-million play commissioned by his department, former minister, Lindiwe Sisulu’s spokesperson called into radio station 702 to say that she was not aware of this expenditure because there were accounting officers in the department.

Union outraged by NHI study

175 views

THE National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) today slammed the research by consultancy firm Econex into the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme.

Apology accepted, Mr president

Mbulelo Dyasi, former Aids ambassador 131 views

PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma, your apology to the nation last week is accepted. The apology confirmed to some of us that you are a genuine president.

Come out and conquer HIV and Aids

By Mbulelo Dyasi 50 views

WHEN Mbulelo Dyasi came face to face with HIV, he didn’t run: he faced it head-on. Now the former Eastern Cape Aids Council ambassador urges other HIV-positive people, especially men, to come forward and stand up to the virus.

COMMENT: Zuma mirrors South Africa

By Tokiso M. Molefe 32 comments | 2725 views

Everybody is talking about President Zuma’s latest scandal. He is at child number 20, outside his three marriages and not with a bride in waiting either. The key word in most conversations is “morals”.

Groundless article on diplomatic process

Xiaomei Zhou 1 comments | 117 views

I was appalled to read the report published by City Press on Sunday, January 31 titled Cosatu Slams China For Importing Labour.

MY CITY PRESS: Let’s bury OBE

Maropeng Moholoa 8 comments | 475 views

This week the majority of matriculants got to know their fate and glimpse their future, except for a few in Mpumalanga.

My City Press: Fire Gareth Cliff...Now!

By Thato Mthembu 101 comments | 4378 views

Gareth Cliff might be the shock jock we love for his controversial opinion but his latest tweet is downright out of order and he needs to take him to task.

What ever happened to true Communism, Socialism

by Mahlolisa Utloa 1 comments | 197 views

ONE had expected that calls by certain individuals in the tripartite alliance for the nationalisation of mines and wealth of mining moguls Patrice Motsepe and Tokyo Sexwale would have at the least garnered support from the SA Communist Party that purports to be the home of proponents of Marxism-Leninism.

Where are people in all this?

Sefu Sekgala 3 comments | 44 views

I have closely observed events in South Africa and wonder if most things our political parties focus on contribute in changing my life. I have wondered if their so-called programmes of action contribute to the prosperity of ordinary South Africans like myself or are political parties all about fighting to hold onto power and battle to acquire power.

Calling for the rain to come down

Jabu Moroko 142 views

WHAT is the first thing that one does when settling down in an environment that is vulnerable to rain, storms, hails and the like? Most probably it would be to build a strong house, one that would resist all the stroms that might strike. This is what President Jacob Zuma is doing.