ANC spokeswoman Jessie Duarte unleashed her hatred of The Times on one unsuspecting journalist interviewing her on the ruling party’s use of social media. It was an astonishing (yet not terribly surprising) assault that says volumes about the party’s approach to press freedom and the inevitable criticism of power structures (and of Msholozi) that such [...]
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October 15, 2008
Shilowa teams up with Terror
Today Mbhazima Shilowa, Gauteng’s former premier, announced his resignation from the ANC and his decision to join Mosiuoa Lekota’s new political formation.
According to The Times, Shilowa will be the convenor-in-chief of the convention that will discuss the formation of the new breakaway party, which is to be held on 2 November.
Ray Hartley, editor of The [...]
October 8, 2008
Lekota (sort of) forms new party
At a briefing hosted by Radio 702 this morning, Mosiuoa Lekota announced the imminent formation of a convention that in the coming weeks would “determine how to proceed, to defend democracy in this country.” He indicated that it would be likely that this new movement would be contesting the 2009 general election, describing the move [...]
May 19, 2008
ANC’s ingredients in xenophobia cocktail of chaos
As usual, Justice Malala hits the nail on the head in his latest Times column, this one on xenophobia. He holds the ruling party responsible for creating a climate of criminality where illegal actions can occur with impunity. This, he feels, has led thugs across Gauteng to believe they can get away with their barbaric [...]
