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Douglas Gibson – 12 June 2019 Can South Africa afford Ace Magashule? Can the ANC afford a Secretary-General (SG) like him? The question is not an idle one. The governing party has an organisational set-up reminiscent of Soviet Russia or Communist China, quite out of place in our constitutional democracy. In the successful countries of […]

By Theuns Eloff: Chairman, FW de Klerk Foundation Board of Advisors 11 June 2019 One can almost feel the despair of the South African population. Among the reasons for this are an unprecedented increase in the spate of farm attacks and murders, Ace Magashule and Co. meddling with the Reserve Bank and trouble with infrastructure […]

A total of 184 farm attacks including 20 farm murders have taken place thus far this year. Gauteng (51 attacks), North West (28 attacks) and Limpopo (27 attacks) are the provinces with the highest number of farm attacks, which include farm murders, but the number in the Western Cape increased drastically. “Attacks in the Western […]

The Right2Know Campaign produced a report, “SPOOKED: Surveillance of Journalists in SA” documenting the numerous instances where prominent journalists have been the target of state surveillance capabilities. Jane Duncan, Professor and head of the Department of Journalism, Film and Television, University of Johannesburg A case before the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, is set […]