ANC president's founding affidavit in interdict application against Brett Murray portrait (May 18) IN THE SOUTH GAUTENG HIGH COURT JOHANNESBURG (REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA) CASE NUMBER: 17978/2012 In the matter between: JACOB GEDLEYIHLEKISA ZUMA - First Applicant...
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The Spear: City Press’ reply to Zuma | by Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya
Text of replying affidavit by executive editor Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya IN THE SOUTH GAUTENG HIGH COURT, JOHANNESBURG (REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA) CASE NO: 17978/2012 In the matter between: JACOB GEDLEYIHLEKISA ZUMA - First Applicant AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS - Second...
Lies, damned lies and statistics
Lies. damned lies and statistics. It’s a cliché that has been used several times in this column over the years. I have used it because statistical data, especially about employment and the cost of living, can influence attitudes, opinions and policy decisions. As...
The Nobel Price for (SA) Peace
The latest furore about statements made by former apartheid president FW de Klerk has raised one very pertinent point: the political considerations that go into the decisions regarding the award of the Nobel Peace Prize. It also raises again the circumstances in which...
Don’t let Le Pen represent the opposition | by Christine Poupin , François Sabado
Sarkozy has been beaten. This is an inspiring result and we rejoice. We should analyse the relationship of forces that it reflects and the situation that it opens. Throughout Europe the incumbents have been beaten. The Greek, Spanish and Portuguese social democrats...
Adcorp and CDE wrong about productivity decline
Press statement from AIDC, 14 September 2011 Arguing for cutting workers' wages, Adcorp and Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) mislead media and the public. The Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) and the labour broker Adcorp continue to argue for...
Political earthquake in Greece
These are the final results of the parliamentarian elections in Greece: Nea Dimokratia (Right wing pro austerity program) 18,85%, 108 seats (33,47% in 2009 elections) SYRIZA (Coalition of the radical left, anti austerity) 16,78%, 52 seats (4,60%) PASOK (Socialists,...
Romance, grace and football | by Mark Espin
When people write about football they often employ a series of overstated adjectives and nauseating hyperbole. The death of Sampaio de Sousa Vieira de Oliveira in December last year required that football writers be much more careful about their use of language when...
Carbon trading in Africa: Who will benefit? | by Wally Menne
History is littered with the fallout from failed financial schemes that have resulted in massive losses for ordinary people and private institutions, whose investments were plundered by unscrupulous consultants and bankers. Such economic crimes have commonly been...




