MyCiTi should not be compared to Golden Arrow: A response to Martin Eichhorn
This is a response by the Mayoral Committee Member for Transport, Roads and Stormwater to an article published on GroundUp by Martin Eichhorn.
Brett Herron
News | 19 June 2013
Transformation by quota is barking mad
Jack Lewis argues that government's transformation plan is based on identity politics and is misguided. He asks people on the political left to speak out against it.
Jack Lewis
Opinion | 19 June 2013
Equal Education vs Motshekga gets nasty
The struggle between Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, and activist organisation Equal Education, is getting nasty. The Department has accused EE of using whites to mislead black people and EE has accused the Department of racism. EE held Youth Day marches on Monday 17 June in Cape Town and Pretoria. The marches were part of EE’s campaign to get Minister Motshekga to publish a policy on minimum norms and standards for school infrastructure.
Thandile Majivolo
News | 19 June 2013
Declaration of economic war in South Africa
For all the sound and fury of the current fight between poultry producers and meat importers, their dispute may turn out to be only a minor skirmish in what promises to be a war of words and protest action aimed at securing the high ground of economic policy. And central to this will be the question of land.
Terry Bell
Opinion | 19 June 2013
Radio show gives awards to young people on 16 June
Children’s Radio Foundation (CRF) held, what it says is the first youth radio award in Cape Town on 16 June.
Pharie Sefali
News | 19 June 2013
Climate change denier cherry-pickers
Few other fields of science come under such heavy public scrutiny as climate science. Climate change deniers pick data to fit their agendas, ignoring what the science is telling us.
Kerry Gordon
News | 18 June 2013
The Opaque Prism Part Three: How can we make our online lives more secure?
This is the last in a three-part series on the United States government's PRISM programme.
Nathan Geffen
Opinion | 18 June 2013
Immigrant businessman launches a gospel album
29 year old Prince Ikenna, a native of Nigeria who set up a successful salon and cosmetics business in South Africa in 2010, launched a new gospel album, "In his presence", at Salt River Community Hall on 16 June 2013.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 18 June 2013