The Monday started a very darker shade of blue for some in the ANC.
This is because at the opening of the National General Council in Durban, President Jacob Zuma showed the skittish young colts of ANC Youth League that he was the man in charge.
He called for something that seems to have gotten on a [...]

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There are economic and socialist ravings from the loony (and woefully un-informed) left wing…
Lots of schoolkids rampage in the streets and clearly take the view that THEY are in charge…
Their teachers – and other malcontents – have been in the streets as well…I saw one of them brandishing a poster that read: “I also want [...]

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There are many ways to approach a news story in TabloidLand…
There is the way of the rhinoceros – straight down the middle! The way of the lion – all mad courage. The way of the jackal – all sly and scheming… And even the way of the chameleon – slow and calculating…
But THEN there’s the [...]

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It was a sensitive judgment call…
Lots of our readers are civil servants…many of them went on strike.
We were keenly aware of this.
In consequence, we went to extreme lengths to give a balanced picture of the events and from the start we did much to highlight the financial plight of many teachers and nurses.
But we had [...]

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