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When Tragedy Becomes Triumph

In the middle of June, after a massive search and rescue operation involving over 200 military and Indigenous rescuers with search dogs, four children, aged 13, nine, four and just 11 months, were found alive in the dense Amazon jungle in Colombia. They had survived on their own for 5 weeks after the plane in which they were travelling crashed.
 

How Can We Save South Africa’s Ship from Sinking?

SARS stats show that over the past five years, more than 40,500 taxpayers have ended their tax residency in South Africa. 
Every year we lose hundreds of healthcare workers, teachers, accountants and other professionals. 
Tony Healy, a labour consultant, believes most skilled people leave South Africa because of crime, security, corruption, an incompetent government, and a deteriorating outlook for the country.

COP27: Who Will Keep An Eye On The Money?

At last year’s COP26 meeting, several European countries pledged the equivalent of R150 billion ($8.5 billion) to help Eskom out of its quagmire. This money is earmarked to help Eskom, one of South Africa’s biggest polluters, along with Sasol, shut down ageing power plants and migrate to renewable energy.
I am probably not the only one worrying about how this money will be spent and who is going to ensure it does not get stolen. 

Journalists Are Now The Thin Blue Line Between Us And Anarchy

The truth about the Marikana Massacre would never have been known if it weren’t for journalists. In the tireless investigation, a brave team of researchers captained by Kate Alexander and journalist Greg Marinovich laid bare the truth.
It’s been a decade since 34 miners were unceremoniously gunned down on a hill by Lonmin’s platinum mine near Rustenburg, in what has gone down in history as the “Marikana Massacre”.
 

Eskom 2.0 – Setting Us Up for (Yet) Another Fall

Not many people would argue that Eskom is a catastrophe that, instead of contributing to the development of our country, costs us billions of Rands every day.
One would think the solution lies in incentivising investment in alternate energy sources such as wind and solar.
Instead, the proposal currently on the table is the creation of a second state owned power utility – Eskom 2.0.
Fear not – you are not the only incredulous one.
 

Aggression Hides Transgression: Bheki Cele and why we need to shine a light into the darkness

It’s human nature to be defensive when we come under attack. But there’s a difference between defending our actions with reasonable justification and being blatantly aggressive to deflect attention away from the undesirable and inconvenient truth.
The recent altercation between our Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, and Action Society’s Ian Cameron is a classic case in point.

Lip Service. Stop Talking and Start Doing

GATVOL. That is what South Africans are feeling.
GATVOL about the staggering amounts of taxpayers’ money that the Guptas and their cronies stole during the nine ‘state capture’ years, with the full knowledge and cooperation of former president, Jacob Zuma.
GATVOL that the crime of the century took place under the noses of the deputy president at the time (Cyril Ramaphosa) and the entire Cabinet.....

The Collapse of South Africa – The Zondo Chronicles

Don’t hold your breath for prosecutions emanating from the Zondo Commission, and certainly not from that little matter of millions of dollars under Cyril’s mattress, in contravention of forex rules. You’ll just turn blue and pass out.
South Africa is, frankly, a failed state just 28 years after the dawn of democracy. 

Cyril and his Mattress Millions

It’s unclear just how much respect President Cyril Ramaphosa lost recently when it was revealed that millions in foreign currency were stolen from his Limpopo farm, Phala Phala. The president has been rather quiet about the whole thing, saying only that he traded animals and that’s why the cash wasn’t turned into Rands, as is meant to be the case.
 

The Cracks Turn Into Crevasses. Counting the Real Cost of the Crazy Cost of Living

Covid-19, loadshedding, and now, crippling electricity price hikes and record-high fuel prices.
The cost of living, especially when it comes to critical essentials such as food and transport, is rising far faster than any of us can hope to keep up with.
Even those sectors of the population that have previously weathered the situation reasonably well are struggling.