Quote of the day

Rhoda Kadalie, in today’s Business Day, on the Lekota dissidents:
Having failed to crush Zuma, these rebels are now plunging headlong into calling a national convention, not because they believe in a constitutional democracy and the Freedom Charter, as they claim. It is about revenge. They will destroy Zuma even if it means destroying their beloved [...]

New party about power not policy

Karima Brown, the Business Day’s political  editor, writes a devastating analysis of Mosiuoa Lekota’s moves to break away from the ANC. On the motivations of the formation of the new party she writes that:
It points to a group of powerful individuals who accessed state resources so that they could rule in perpetuity. The move to form a new [...]

How the ANC will push out the President

The latest M&G’s lead story outlines how the ANC plans to get rid of Mbeki. Apparently they do not want go through the conventional route of a parliamentary impeachment or vote of no confidence for fears they will be obligated to call an early election which the party feels too unprepared for.
Instead, it has been [...]

So, it’s not all doom and gloom

Amidst a global economic downturn and slumping consumer confidence at home, it’s great to have some good news about the economy.
According to an article in today’s Business Day, there’s been a flood of new investment – R246 billion since the start of the year. While most of that has been driven from state-owned parastatals, R72 [...]