Why are we criminalising and ill-treating street hawkers, maar?

On 17 November last year I saw the streets of Rustenburg being cleaned out of street hawkers, many of whom are – according to my observation over the years – brothers and sisters from the African continent. This, of course, is not to imply that our streets are only flooded by these business-minded people because even many South Africans are street hawkers.

Why I believe ANC Political School groomed Juju to insult elders

That President Jacob Zuma took the stand just after African National Youth League president Julius Malema reportedly insulted opposition (although I prefer to call them alternative) Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille and calling her a “ cockroach” is embarrassing. At least to me, that is.

One Judge with 3 judging positions in 3 different countries – only in Africa

Some people have got all the luck in the world. That, however, like any other thing in this Godly-made planet, has its day. And Lesotho’s Court of Appeal President Justice Michael Ramodibedi is one such person.

Raila Odinga on why Africans “cannot continue blaming the colonialists” for its problems

Raila Odinga – a Kenyan Prime Minister who once claimed to be US President Barack Obama’s cousin – delivered a moving speech to Zimbabwean Prime Minister Moran Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change party this year that “40 or 50 years since many African nations attained independence, we [Africans] cannot continue blaming the colonialists for our problems”.

Public Protector on “baseless and malicious” fraud allegations against her

We have noted media reports and enquiries about allegations against me relating to a period when I was a fulltime Commissioner at the South African Law Reform Commission (SLRC), a statutory body linked to the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, said South African Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, in a statement yesterday.