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SA union secretary’s future in the balance
The future of Dennis George, the suspended general secretary of the Federation of Unions of SA (Fedusa) will be decided on Thursday. He has faced a disciplinary hearing about his controversial purchase of shares in AYO Technological Solutions and in being an effective "praise singer" for AYO and controversial businessman Iqbal Survé.
Behind the SABC debacle
December 10, 2018
Amid all the rumour, innuendo and double talk surrounding the board resignations and other happenings at the SABC lie two simple facts: the board is answerable only to parliament, and not to any minister and, without a requested R3bn bank loan guarantee — not a bailout — the national broadcaster will be bankrupt.
Celebrating Ike’s — a literary landmark
September 21, 2018
Up a narrow staircase of an historic building in Durban’s increasingly trendy Florida Road, is a South African literary oasis perhaps without parallel. Ike's carries the name of a working class intellectual who loved books and who refused, despite the obvious advantages, to compromise with the racist laws of apartheid.
SA’s public broadcaster blunders again
March 30, 2018
In an action that has stunned broadcasters and many radio listeners, popular SAfm morning show radio host Sakina Kamwendo had her last Forum at Eight programme shut down by management, halfway through its alloted hour. In what one senior broadcaster called "a public relations mess", Kamwendo was abruptly taken off air and in a move reminiscent of military coups, music was instead played, without explanation.
Unions demand pension fund answers
November 2, 2017
South African public sector unions, notably the PSA, are demanding a full account of investments made in unlisted entities apparently to promote Black Economic Empowerment, a "list of politically connected persons" involved and union seats on the PIC and other boards.
Pulp(ing) facts about that Mandela book
July 26, 2017
The withdrawal and probably pulping, at considerable cost, of thousands of copies of the book, Mandela’s Last Years, is unprecedented in South African publishing. However the same publisher, 36 years ago, pulped another book concerning South Africa.
‘Zuma must go’ — ANC Integrity Commission
July 9, 2017
The high profile, but practically powerless Integrity Commission (IC) of South Africa's governing ANC still wants President Jacob Zuma to step down. The reasons are spelled out in an IC report suppressed by ANC secretary-general, Gwede Mantshe.
Former SA exiles hail Jeremy Corbyn
June 11, 2017
Former SA exiles will hail the UK election result that saw "a grey-bearded, bicycle riding socialist politician", Jeremy Corbyn, a whisker of the premiership. They remember him for his steadfast support during the dark days of apartheid.
Terry Bell Writes 
May 11, 2019
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