Stop playing politics, tell the whole Marikana story
CAN doctor Trevor please tell the whole Marikana story and stop playing politics, as there’s no mentioning of what happened prior to that gruesome killing of the miners? People were hacked to death, police officials were killed, and the protesters were carrying dangerous weapons. If we want justice for Marikana it must happen with journalists and politicians handling that disastrous event with honesty and stop pushing political agendas as they only focus on what favours their narratives. | BLANKII MABUNDAA
King Misizulu must be careful with these rebels, they’re trying to trap him. They know well that the real official day to open that place is next week. He must pray hard. | MABENA MANGENA
Look around daily to see what a mess our country is in. I applaud the lady from the Education Department who said that schools that were burnt and destroyed by the community would not be fixed and replaced. So should places like Tembisa. It’s high time the community should realise that nothing comes for free. It’s such a pity that Steve Biko’s dream of education before liberation did not materialise. How different this country would have been. This beautiful country lies in tatters with no law and order. We should hang our heads in shame. | ANON
I am more convinced than ever about Bheki Cele. Crime has escalated over the years under his watch; arresting most criminals, whether at all levels of government or on the streets, is beyond him and his police force; stuffing up crime scenes for evidence is quite normal. Now, it has taken multiple gang rapes to sort out the Zamazamas who have been operating with impunity for years. So too are the taxi bosses, strike actions etc. He and his ANC cronies are good at attending funerals and making promises. His behaviour and mental capacity don’t fit with the governing party’s requirements though. He needs to be given the boot. | ANON
Closure of universities
South African universities in the past could play with the best in the world and have produced many upstanding graduates. Lowering everything to the lowest common denominator will achieve nothing, and the evidence is all there. Keep standards high and bring people up. Unfortunately, so many believe the easy, lazy way is okay. However, they actually have nothing but a worthless piece of paper. Nothing worthwhile is easy. | KATHY WILLIAMS
I honestly think they must all be downgraded and promoted on merit. To be honest, which societal challenges have they solved of late? We have been having people around these so-called top universities in Africa drinking dirty water and at times approaching day zero. When we don’t have quick solutions to our load shedding, vaccines, etc. We can’t brag on research papers which don’t solve our challenges. Let’s be honest with each other. We are wasting our time and critical and scarce resources on fruitless exercises. It’s really a debate for another day and we need to be honest about it.
Actually, our universities are a place where more poor citizens are made poorer as they chase that obsolete knowledge accompanied by that certificate. | MARAIRE MUGOWE
Corruption breeds corruption. Until the criminal justice system actually starts to make examples of high-powered criminals, we will see this behaviour repeat. This type of fraud, corruption and money laundering is disastrous to the economy. The money that was stolen is your tax money, wake up South Africans. | AJ RANCHOD
Rather than more shopping centres offering retail outlets selling Chinese goods, I’d much rather have industry: manufacturing, and factories where we produce our own South African-made goods, and get to export those. Retail seems overtraded in these times, what about production? |