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Party politics dominates Cosatu crisis
Fudging and delay. That was what emerged from yesterday’s eagerly awaited Cosatu press conference. As a result, the questions about the future of suspended general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi and the prospect of a Special National Congress (SNC) remained unanswered. And it soon became obvious, as the conference progressed, that the reason for the fudging and […]
Mandela: already dead — or slowly dying?
December 4, 2013
Initial feature published in the Bulletin&Record, Zambia. Is Nelson Mandela dead? Did he die as early perhaps as June 11 and was then maintained in a “permanent vegetative state” only by means of a life support machine? And if he did effectively die, as now seems possible, within days or weeks of his admission to […]
The need to remember history — & plan political homes
November 28, 2013
One element lacking in the current debates about what is going on in Cosatu is any sense of recent history. Because there is nothing really new in the current spate of political bloodletting, in the bitterness and the backstabbing. The rationale behind the suspension of Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi and the resignation this week […]
Where politics gets really smelly
November 26, 2013
Politics stinks. These days in South Africa, this is a fairly common view. But, in the North West province in recent months, the expression has had a very real resonance. Because, especially as summer has begun to dawn, the seats of political power in the province have become decidedly smelly. So much so, that various […]
Look to the real reasons for SA road carnage
November 15, 2013
The road crash massacre on the Moloto Road in Mpumalanga this week provides an horrific portent for the annual festive season slaughter on the highways and byways of South Africa. Perhaps it is finally time time for some serious action to be taken to remedy the situation.
Economic apartheid & the builders of the world city
November 7, 2013
Christmas is coming to a world city so it is perhaps time to ask who built it, who is losing out, who is getting fat — and how and why this happens.
In a changed world unions should ditch dogma
October 31, 2013
Trade unions have the potential to play a vital role in building a better future for all. But they will have to go back to first principles and accept that dogma is anathema.
SA ‘beacon of hope’ still flickers faintly
October 25, 2013
The moral high ground bequeathed to Suth Africa and its post-apartheid government by the global struggle against apartheid, has also all but evaporated, but faint hope still remains.
Terry Bell Writes 
December 5, 2013
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