Though South Africa has provinces full of poor people, and cities teeming with middle-class consumers, we can at least fill a World Cup soccer venue with our wealthy compatriots. If you take all the households that earn more than R100000 a month, you would just about fill Soccer City, according to the TopEnd 2013 Survey,
Mandela, Obama and the end of democracy
One of the best means of enslaving an entire people is to weave them an illusion that they are free. Significant cornerstones in achieving this grand illusion have already been set in the West, and regardless whether one believes in conspiracy theory or no, the outcome is undeniable. The only true difference is that under
Buthelezi mistaken for Ray Charles at Thatcher’s funeral
Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi was mistaken for the late singer Ray Charles at former Britain prime minister Margaret Thatcher’s funeral in Britain, it was reported on Thursday. While the Bishop of London, Richard Chartres, gave his sermon, cameras suddenly turned to “a dapper-looking Ray Charles”, The Times newspaper reported. Lady Thatcher died of
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Attack on gold continues
The orchestrated attack on bullion in the paper gold market took the spot prices of gold and silver down on Friday and Monday, but actual physical purchases rose during this period. The sales were of paper claims, not of real metal. The demand for physical possession of bullion rose so strongly that large wholesalers such
Let’s hope the Boston Marathon bomber is a white American
As we now move into the official Political Aftermath period of the Boston bombing — the period that will determine the long-term legislative fallout of the atrocity — the dynamics of privilege will undoubtedly influence the nation’s collective reaction to the attacks. That’s because privilege tends to determine: 1) which groups are — and are
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Second last in the world, SA’s maths and science
South Africa’s maths and science education has been ranked second last in the world, ahead of Yemen, according to a World Economic Forum report. The quality of the country’s general education system ranked 140 out of 144 countries, while internet access in schools is ranked at 111 out of 143 countries, stated the World Economic
Boston blank: No suspects, no motives
The FBI says they have no suspects nor anyone in custody over the deadly Boston blasts. Police are calling on witnesses to assist the investigation which has been called “the most complex crime scene” in the history of the Boston PD. While the investigation has yielded no results, with no one claiming responsibility, more details
‘Apartheid’ as metonym for Afrikaners
In a multiethnic society like South Africa, groups will always blame each other for their lack of wealth, education, political power, and so on. In this respect, SA is no different to Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Northern Ireland, Belgium or anywhere else. Apartheid is a national obessession. To some extent it has imparted some sort of
The assault on gold
I was the first to point out that the Federal Reserve was rigging all markets, not merely bond prices and interest rates, and that the Fed is rigging the bullion market in order to protect the US dollar’s exchange value, which is threatened by the Fed’s quantitative easing. With the Fed adding to the supply
Woolworths and other supermarket chains ‘incorrectly labelled meat products’
Popular supermarkets including PicknPay, Shoprite, Fruit and Veg City, Woolworths and Spar have been identified as stocking incorrectly labelled meat products, City Press reported on Sunday. The newspaper reported that the retailers had largely suggested that the findings could be blamed on cross-contamination, where one type of meat was transferred to another on chopping boards,
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Anti-racism: an industry in decline
Like coal mining in the Eighties, the anti-racism industry is in decline. Governments can no longer afford to subsidise “diversity workshops” for which there’s no demand. Especially from young people. On both sides of the Atlantic, teenagers and students are giving the finger (as they might put it) to the hypersensitive race relations ideology drilled
Fear that DA ‘will bring apartheid back’
Some South Africans fear that apartheid would return if the Democratic Alliance (DA) led the country, the party’s leader Helen Zille said on Saturday. “When I travel around South Africa, it truly shocks me to hear that many people think the DA would bring back apartheid if we won an election,” said Zille at a
President Zuma’s comments regarding the impact of apartheid on South Africa’s present problems
In comments that he made to mark the 20th anniversary of Chris Hani’s assassination, President Zuma alluded to the recent debate regarding the impact of apartheid on the current problems confronting South Africa. He said that “to suggest we cannot blame apartheid for what is happening in our country now, I think is a mistake,
Zuma, Manuel – ‘no quarrel over apartheid’
There is no contradiction between what President Jacob Zuma and Minister in the Presidency Trevor Manuel have said about the legacy of apartheid, the presidency said on Thursday. “Stating that the apartheid legacy and impact still exists and will linger on for a long time does not mean that the president is saying that public