Of Marikana, Malema and Mangaung: South Africa’s Faultlines
The Marikana Massacre, which pitted police against striking miners, labor against capital, and in the minds of many the state against the people, serves as a brutal and grim reminder of just how divided post-Apartheid South Africa is. The Mandela Miracle, never a miracle at all but rather the culmination of decades of struggle and [...]
427,200 new asylum seekers a year in South Africa
With twice as many unproductive economic refugees (10m) ; and three times as many welfare recipients (14m) than there are taxpayers (5,9m) to pay for it all; SA’s sewage plants collapse under rivers of human waste; small wonder the combined municipal debts soared to R64,4billion this year. YEOVILLE: 427,200 new asylum seekers arrive in SA [...]
Twelve dead: 3 family tragedies
Volksblad journalist Karen Ebersohn interviewed close friends of the four-member Afrikaner farm family, found dead inside their bakkie on their farm Wonderboom in the Richmond district of the North Cape. Their friend have more questions than answers about their mystery deaths. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Tip on Hyves Share on Linkedin [...]
