[Source: Daily Maverick by Ramabina Mahapa.]
It is not just the government that has failed. Mining companies have usurped land belonging to rural communities without due regard for their property rights. Read more
[Source: Business Day – Editorial.]
The Venezuelan crisis has again raised a choice for SA’s diplomats and they have, once again, fluffed it. Read more
[Source: Al Jazeera by Malcolm Webb.]
Workers in South Africa are protesting against what trade union leaders call the “jobs bloodbath”, especially in state-run industries. Read more
[Source: The Economist.]
Eskom, South Africa’s state-owned electricity monopoly, is in crisis. So said Cyril Ramaphosa, the country’s president, in his annual “state of the nation” speech on February 7th. Read more