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White, male and old

Republicans did not win in 2012 because we are too white, too male and too old. Some still don’t want to face the truth that we lost because the fastest-growing sectors of our population are entrenched in the Democratic Party. We did not win because Republicans failed to acknowledge this reality and move forward fearlessly.

‘Whiter and more male’

Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz said the Republican Party “got whiter and more male” while the Democratic caucus is “majority minority and female.” “Take a good look when the House convenes after this next Congress is sworn in at what our side of the aisle looks like versus what the Republican side looks like.

Farmlabour threaten more militant protests

Smoke rises from burning farms in the Ceres valley Farmworkers on Sunday threatened to go back to the streets if their demand of a R150 minimum wage was not heeded. The Coalition of Farm Worker Representatives said that the strike by farmworkers had been suspended until government made a determination on the minimum wage. “We

Another horror attack in Muldersdrift

White residents live in fear as a Gauteng father was shot dead in front of his new wife and son – five years after his first wife was brutally killed in front of him during a robbery. Jacques Botha, 51, was shot by black robbers in cold blood, in front of his wife Anél, 45,

Zuma victory is in the bag

President Jacob Zuma’s supporters should focus on life after Mangaung because his victory at the ANC national conference was “sealed”, Cosatu president S’dumo Dlamini boldly claimed in Durban on Sunday. “It is obvious that Zuma will win at Mangaung. This victory is now sealed. But some people are already plotting to make his life a

Fifty years after Solzhenitsyn’s prison camp tale

The Soviet Union 50 years ago allowed publication of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s landmark account of life in the Stalin prison camps “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich”, shocking readers by revealing a hitherto hidden horror. In November 1962, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev was looking for a powerful symbol that could help his risky campaign

Sweden’s first genocide trial opens

A Swede of Rwandan origin went on trial Friday on charges of taking part in the killings of tens of thousands of people during the 1994 genocide in his homeland, the first such case in the Nordic country. Stanislas Mbanenande, 54, an ethnic Hutu, is charged with genocide and crimes against international law and faces

Cosatu’s workers ‘agree to stop violence’

Western Cape farmworkers will suspend their protests over wages and living conditions for two weeks, Acting Labour Minister Angie Motshekga said on Wednesday. She said the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) had consulted workers and it was agreed they would return to work on Thursday and desist from violence and vandalism. The suspension was

Zille warns of ‘anarchy’ in Western Cape

Western Cape premier Helen Zille warned on Wednesday that the province was “heading towards anarchy” as farmworker protests continued. The Democratic Alliance leader said in statement she had sent ANC provincial leader Marius Fransman an SMS detailing her concerns. The SMS read: “We are heading towards anarchy. 1000s of jobs will be lost and an

Dangerous chaos in South Africa – appeal from farmers

SOUTH AFRICA TODAY: Farms in the Western Cape region are being burned, shops in small towns ransacked, people assaulted and intimidated. At least two people have been shot. Reports that a white farmer had been dragged from his vehicle and murdered. This is total chaos; yet the ANC government and its trade union partner Cosatu

American ‘secede’ petitions reach 675,000 signatures, 50-state participation

Less than a week after a New Orleans suburbanite petitioned the White House to allow Louisiana to secede from the United States, petitions from seven states have collected enough signatures to trigger a promised review from the Obama administration. By 6:00 a.m. EST Wednesday, more than 675,000 digital signatures appeared on 69 separate secession petitions covering

Afrikaner enclave of Kleinfontein investigated by ANC provincial officials

Business Day reports that tHE Gauteng legislature’s portfolio committee for community safety on Tuesday announced that it had launched an inquiry into the whites-only Afrikaner “cultural village” of Kleinfontein following police complaints about a lack of access to the estate. Kleinfontein, 30km southeast of Pretoria, is a 500-hectare Afrikaner settlement similar to Orania, the Afrikaner

Will the US Follow South Africa Down the Path of White Decline?

by Dan Roodt In the aftermath of President Obama’s victory, the Wall Street Journal described the GOP as the WOP, the White Old Party. Indeed, the Republican Party finds itself in a demographic death spiral as youth, single women, blacks, Hispanics, and Asians overwhelmingly vote Democrat. In fact, the Democratic Party could become the American

Art theft: Overseas shopping list?

An official hinted on Monday that growing international demand for South African artwork might be the reason for a brazen robbery at the Pretoria Art Museum where art worth about R17.5m was stolen. Five pieces were stolen from the museum’s permanent collection on Sunday when thieves posing as art students staged a daring arm robbery.