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TONY LEON | The eerie silence after the weekend’s twin events in Cape Town has been deafening
The pro-Palestinian march proceeded peacefully and without interruption. By contrast, the rally for Israel was violently disrupted before its commencement
TONY LEON | Try as he may, Ramaphosa is no Kolisi ... or Mandela
There was something phoney about Monday night’s free promotion of the government’s ‘successes’.
TONY LEON | SA’s economic crisis began gradually and then suddenly it was upon us
The costs of government borrowing to fund its limitless appetites is turning our economy into a dystopian horror show
TONY LEON | Festooned with crater-like potholes, Winnie Mandela Drive is a another sad ANC epitaph
The renaming of William Nicol Drive is perhaps a fitting commemoration of Winnie Mandela’s ‘tattered legacy’
TONY LEON | Prince Buthelezi’s death has triggered some hypocrisy, amnesia and contradiction
Depending on which part of the political spectrum you look from, Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s legacy will range from dignified statesman to warlord
TONY LEON | Maladministration and infrastructural neglect at the core of Joburg fire tragedy
City and government officials have blamed NGOs, apartheid and illegal immigrants for the tragic fire in Joburg’s CBD but not themselves ...
TONY LEON | The multiparty coalition needs cool heads and a spirit of compromise
Momentum is all in politics and the idea of creating a following wind to lift the sails of the opposition is what the exercise is about
TONY LEON | Coalition politics: when to do a deal with the devil?
A flurry of activity on the government and opposition sides of the political divide tell us coalition politics is on the horizon
TONY LEON | It’s time the president took off his rose-tinted glasses and faced reality
Dystopia on the grand scale of last week is apparent to everyone bar the president, it seems
TONY LEON | ‘Moon pact’ talks a worthwhile gamble
‘Moon pact’ summit could pave the road to a consolidated opposition which could genuinely challenge for power, but it would require careful management and deft execution






















