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Whitewashing the blame
It is outrageous of Mondli Makhanya to accuse whites of carrying on with lives as normal and not feeling the need to assist in redress. In 1994, the top management of the public service was white....
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Union decay, ‘morality’ and personal gain
Dear Comrade Senzeni Zokwana, Firstly, let me congratulate you on your recent appointment as minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries. Your new role – they call it deployment but in reality, as...
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Lost in translation
I do not want to go into the merits of the review and say who said what and did not say what, but I wish writer Charles Cilliers could have handled it in a more sensitive manner. After identifying...
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Death shames us all
The world needs to pause and shift focus when senseless killings happen Seeing the brutalised face of Mohamed Abu Khdeir, the Palestinian boy kidnapped and murdered by Jewish extremists, gave me a...
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Feed our kids with dignity
Dear Ms Rautenbach Founder and CEO of Feed a Child I trust this finds you well. I have been a black consciousness political activist for more than 20 years. Had it not been for your antiblack and...
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SA Jews against Israeli attacks
A petition signed by Jewish South Africans We, as South Africans of Jewish descent, strongly condemn the Israeli bombing of the Palestinian Gaza Strip. Israeli attacks, with the stated objective of...
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Nkandla: Taking the fall
Readers react cynically to the news that Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi is cracking the whip over Nkandla spending Your question surely is rhetorical? The disgraceful Nkandla scandal is about...
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Cabinet members’ business interests: ministers respond
After last week’s exposé by City Press, some state officials took the time to respond. Edna Molewa Minister of water and environmental affairs Last week City Press revealed that 19 members of Cabinet...
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Lobola is outdated
I totally understand why men used to pay for women in the past. Historically, the majority of women had no financial power and men had to support them. But why are we still expecting them to do this...
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SA Jews speak out against Israel’s assault on Gaza
A growing number of South African Jews have signed a petition against Israel’s attacks on Gaza. Here is their petition: 500 Jewish South Africans for peace, democracy and human rights in Israel and...
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Charity kills the spirit
Charity is a step back in alleviating poverty. At the recent economic summit held in the US, President Barack Obama stressed the need to increase funding to Africa. How long must Africa depend on...
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We want our Generations
The actors and actresses of Generations, who are currently on strike, had their contracts terminated by the SABC. The big question is: how much does the show make? It is reported that the Generations...
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Parliament should be a festival of debates
Readers react to the EFF’s parliamentary behaviour with more favour than scorn When EFF leader Julius Malema demanded an answer from President Jacob Zuma on when he would consider paying back the...
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Jacob Zuma’s Umshini Wami on pause
I now understand why President Jacob Zuma looks frail in his second term of office. The man looks exhausted and unable to sing Umshini Wami. His legal woes don’t help. It’s a big lie that Cosatu boss...
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To the point
As usual, your newspaper alone got the point: “Point. Seven. Percent” (City Press, August 31 2014). Surely this terrible news about our economy is related – at least in part – to the Jacob Zuma...
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Equal education is a basic right
There must be no segregation in education. All children must receive free primary and secondary education from the state. Standards of education must be the same for all children, irrespective of...
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Thuli Madonsela is our No. 1
I heard with shock when insults were elevated to another level by Kebby Maphatsoe, a leader of government who audaciously called Public Protector Thuli Madonsela a CIA spy and accused her of...
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Restore dignity to our parliamentary process
The chaos we see in Parliament is unprecedented and never in the sitting of the National Assembly have we had such non-intellectual debate as we have seen since the start of Jacob Zuma’s presidency....
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So City Press couldn’t find black legal experts?
After having read my Sunday papers last week, one of the stories that caught my attention was the story with the headline “Dolus what?” (City Press, September 14 2014). Why are you quoting four white...
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What you said about TB Joshua
Kgosietsile Molefi Vanderbijlpark At the time of writing this letter, the confirmed number of people who died during the collapse of the guesthouse of Nigerian Bishop TB Joshua stood at 115....
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