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Tomorrow's opening of this House gives us an opportunity to set the tone for
a new year. That is our prerogative as traditional leaders. I want to
emphasize this point, because it is clear to me...
The Book that occasioned this launch event is The Things that Could Not be Said. Besides books in which I have participating as an editor there are two other books I wrote, namely, No Life of My...
I cannot tell you how excited I am to be in Nkandla where you, the
people of goodwill, gave the IFP a solid mandate to re-establish
leadership and integrity. I come here with words of thanks...
South Africa is in a fiscal corner. We are growing at only 2,7%, less than half the rate of our neighbours on the African continent and we face a R16 billion shortfall in tax revenue in this...
On 21 March 2013, it will be 10 years since the final report of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), with their recommendations, was presented to President Mbeki. The fact...
The award is an affirmation of the tenacity of President Mbeki's resolve
to attain our vision of a better Africa and a better world, even in the midst
of the many challenges we still face as...
On behalf of the Freedom Front Plus I wish to congratulate Minister Dlamini-Zuma on her election as African Union Commission Chair.
Her election is for her personally and for South Africa a...
I am very happy to be here today to support DASO Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University's Presidential candidate, Yanga Sibelekwana.
I would like to first pay tribute to the marvellous work of...
Madam House Chair, Minister, let us try to have a
serene and a man to man discussion on an issue on which the whole country is
trying to have some sanity and pragmatism. Common sense would dictate...
“South Africa, BRICS and Global Governance” Address by Ambassador Anil Sooklal, Deputy Director-General: Asia and Middle East at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation ans...
Dear friends and fellow South Africans, On the 18th of July 1978, Nelson Mandela spent his 60th birthday on Robben Island. In celebration of the man whom the London Times called "the colossus of...
The stalemate of the elections for the chairperson of the AU Commission in January 2012 and the upcoming continuation of this saga at the July 2012 summit must be déjà vu for South Africa....
Whether you are a player or a spectator, a cricket fan or not, it is easy to feel empathy for South African wicket keeper Mark Boucher following his freak eye injury in Somerset on Monday. His...
"President Zuma should do that which is right, and that which is in the
collective interests of the integrity of the South African Police Service
and fire Mr Bheki Cele and appoint a career...
I have remained silent over the issue of "The Spear", but I have followed it with interest for it reveals a great deal about the psychological state of our country.
Two Presidents ago, I sounded a...