Vaal Letters & Opinions
Polluters must pay: how COP29 can make this a realityDate: 29/10/2024
The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) takes place in Azerbaijan in November 2024. The annual climate change conference mu ...
Should Graaff-Reinet be renamed Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe?Date: 20/08/2024
Graaff-Reinet is a historic rural town in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province. It seldom makes headline s. But when, in Augus ...
Lesufi: The ANC is a “sinking ship”Date: 20/08/2024
The Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Michale Morris and Terence Corrigan discussing the ongoing discussions inside the ...
Politically weak and inconsequential Jacob Zuma free again — for nowDate: 07/10/2022
As of today, Zuma will no longer have to account to the Department of Correctional Services, but the future is bleak for the f ...
Op-Ed: A Russian nuclear strike in Ukraine: How likely is it?Date: 25/04/2022
The threat of Moscow nuking Ukraine is virtually zero – but irresponsible actions by NATO may increase the nuclear danger to E ...
Hoofsweep Rapport 43: Midvaal maak 14 028 slaggate in 3 maande reg!Date: 11/02/2022
Kyk, ek was nooit goed met wiskunde nie. Dit is hoekom ek my in die Menswetenskappe begewe het. Maar sekere woordsomme is vir ...
Zondo brings time of reckoning closer to Malusi Gigaba and Lynne BrownDate: 04/02/2022
Former public enterprises ministers Malusi Gigaba and Lynne Brown’s borrowed time has just been cut short by the State Capture ...
Op-Ed: Chris Hedges- The execution of Julian AssangeDate: 14/12/2021
He exposed empire as a criminal enterprise. He documented its lies, its callous disregard for human life, its rampant corrupti ...
Hybrid warfare is on the rise globally. Might South Africa’s Eskom be its latest victim?Date: 10/12/2021
Hybrid warfare is gaining traction globally as the preferred option for conducting malicious statecraft in the grey zone betwe ...
Op-Ed: FW de Klerk: the last apartheid president was driven by pragmatism, not idealismDate: 12/11/2021
Few recent historical figures in South Africa provoke more divergent views than Frederik Willem (FW) de Klerk. He was presiden ...
NATO’s bullish new plan to fight Russia on the seas, the skies & in space could backfireDate: 26/10/2021
NATO’s new strategy to fight Russia across the width of Europe – from Baltic to Black Sea – has been approved. Unsurprisingly, ...
The war against IvermectinDate: 21/09/2021
Here are the facts as best I know them. Covid-19, a respiratory viral disease, became known at the end of 2019. Evidence shows ...
Vlug na vryheidDate: 13/09/2021
Hansie Slim is pas deur die inkerkering afgedwing deur die twee despotiese hoofgetooides met betrekking tot Die Virus. Nou wor ...
Weapons of mass deceptionDate: 08/06/2021
When news of the murder began to emerge, Malta reacted with shock and disbelief. On 16 October 2017, Daphne Caruana Galizia wa ...
Losing Reality: On Cults, Cultism, and the Mindset of Political and Religious ZealotryDate: 25/03/2021
Destroying the world to remake it in purified form is not limited to religious groups, but is prominent in extremist political ...
Water smart urban design can benefit Emfuleni’s environmentDate: 10/12/2020
Despite the flooding, our stormwater systems had a primary flush. Henceforth, the water will keep cleaning dirt and grime, aft ...
South Africa’s power utility is back at it again.Date: 04/12/2020
In November 2018, Eskom and the department of environmental affairs, responsible for keeping air quality in South Africa at he ...
Lessons from Zuma’s challenge to ZondoDate: 01/10/2020
Jacob Zuma has sparked public outrage by demanding the recusal of Judge Raymond Zondo, and so threatening to derail the commis ...
Local leaders needed in the post-Covid Vaal Barrage catchmentDate: 21/08/2020
"The riviera-like holiday leisure environment of the Vaal River Barrage must once again be made attractive for residents and v ...
JUSTICE MALALA: How numbskulls in the ANC sabotage Covid responseDate: 15/04/2020
Many of the ANC’s leaders and those in Cosatu and the SACP have zero comprehension of what’s happening to the country. Refusin ...
Empty half the Earth of its humans. It's the only way to save the planetDate: 31/10/2019
There are now twice as many people as 50 years ago. But, as EO Wilson has argued, they can all survive – in cities ...
Cyril het geen verskonings meer nieDate: 31/05/2019
RAMAPHOSA kon onder die omstandighede nie droom oor 'n sterker mandaat as die 57%-steun wat die ANC in die verkiesing gekry he ...
