The blurring of political and administrative roles has hampered delivery at local level, ANC president Jacob Zuma said.

He's rich, very rich, loves fast cars and lavish parties. He's Durban's own Scarlet Pimpernel as Agiza Hlongwane discovered.

President Thabo Mbeki is far from the epithets the country's leader once enjoyed as the crown prince who became the philosopher king and was hailed as Mr Delivery.

This move could collapse the government and prompt early elections.

Of grave concern - to President Thabo Mbeki - is the growing tendency to hurl insults at organs of state and to present demeaning caricatures of public representatives.

Artikel in Afrikaans Hieronder It is a good thing for politicians to debate issues such as democracy, protecting the constitution, respecting legislation, group rights, human rights, street names, etc. People have certain basic needs, however, such as having food to eat, clothes to wear and a place to stay. They therefore need work, and...

Dit is goed vir politici om te debatteer oor sake soos demokrasie, die beskerming van die grondwet, respek vir die regspleging, groepregte, menseregte, straatname, ens. Mense het egter sekere basiese behoeftes: om te eet, om aan te trek en ‘n blyplek te hê. Daarvoor het hulle werk nodig, en is...

Artikel in Afrikaans Hieronder Maretta Bellingan wrote in Rapport last week: “There are people who when they hear you work for a newspaper, quickly make excuses. No, sorry, I don’t read the newspaper, too much bad news.  What does one say to someone like that?  Carry on regardless, you uninformed ‘palooka’.  Who...

Maretta Bellingan van Rapport skryf die vorige week: “Daar is mense wat wanneer hulle hoor jy werk by ‘n koerant, vinnig verskoning maak. Nee, jammer jong, ek lees nie koerant nie, te veel slegte nuus. Wat se ‘n mens vir so iemand? Neuk maar aan, jou oningeligte paloeka, wie wil dan nou...

Artikel in Afrikaans Hieronder It’s only the beginning of the road to elections 2009, but the choice of which leaders and which political party to represent us in the following 5 years is of critical importance. True leaders in SA are hard to find, almost completely non-existent. We have plenty of...