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5th December 2018

Aung San Suu Kyi: A fallen icon

OPINION Douglas Gibson | 04 December 2018/ writes on the silence of Aung San Suu Kyi Some eleven years ago, South Africa attracted international anger and […]
19th November 2018

Parliament has gone to Hell

Senior members of Parliament – on both sides – tell me that politics is not what it used to be. It has become characterised by bitterness, […]
16th October 2018

Please Tito, stop tweeting

By Douglas Gibson
5th October 2018

ANC not for all the people

OPINION PIECE FROM THE STAR NOW IN POLITICSWEB Douglas Gibson notes that Mbeki is not taken in by commentariat’s wink-wink, nudge-nudge attitude to EWC In the […]
20th September 2018

The Perfect Murder is alive and well in SA

The Perfect Murder is alive and well in South Africa By Douglas Gibson Many years ago, one of the favourite topics at school and university debating […]
26th July 2018

Distorting Madiba’s Dream

Abusing the Mandela Legacy By Douglas Gibson Barack Obama epitomised the best of the tributes to Nelson Mandela on his 100th birthday. His message was full […]
21st February 2017

Bribe-Based Black Elite Enrichment

TAILORING FACTS: Minister Gugile Nkwinti pretends to care about poor black people who were deprived of their land, but he’s clearly equally concerned about the enrichment […]
7th February 2017

Folly of ranting over rankings

Manyi and his merry men in the BPF regularly make fools of themselves. Will they ever wake up to the fact that ratings count…? People like […]
29th January 2017

Kan SA lesse leer uit onlangse gebeure in Amerika en Brittanje?

My artikel in gister se Beeld: Kan SA lesse leer uit onlangse gebeure in Amerika en Brittanje?