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ANC doesn't give a damn about the ordinary man and is foisting National Dialogue on us to divert attention
National dialogue is disingenuous
I endorse the views of all those who have criticised the National Dialogue in various media outlets.
The problems South Africans face were created by corrupt, inept politicians who take home fat salaries every month. Now they want a costly diversionary side-show, ostensibly to solve the problems they created, but really intended to keep the naïve and gullible occupied instead of paying attention to the new revelations every they can't solve the problems how can the politically aligned people they have selectively co-opted manage to do it?
How qualified or competent are they? Some might be. But certainly not all of them.
Also President Ramaphosa used the word inclusive (or synonyms) repeatedly. Yet there are communities or faith groups not included in the co-opted men of example, I did not see a representative of the descendants of Indentured Indians.
I stand to be corrected, but no Hindus were chosen, not that it matters if competent qualified people, regardless of race or faith, were chosen with the assurance they could solve the problems.
Yes, I am aware Ela Gandhi is there, but she is not a Girmitya, nor a Hindu. Even if she were I would have a problem with her because when she was in parliament, what did she accomplish in a parliament with very skewed representation when it came to a heterogeneous 'Indian community'? This is especially so when it comes to the poor and disempowered in Chatsworth, Phoenix etc.
Furthermore, she is a very inconsistent person or a hypocrite. According to a Post article (January 8-10, 2003): 'Ms Ela Gandhi has refused to participate in the PBD (Indian Diaspora get-together) saying it was racist. 'I feel anything based on race I would not like to identify with.' Yet in an inexplicable about-turn, she accepted the Padma Bhushan award from India in 2007, and the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman – the highest honour conferred on overseas Indians by India's Ministry of External Fatima Meer went one better: She reviled the notion of an 'Indian Diaspora' in 2003, yet received the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award at the same event in 2003.
We don't need any flip-floppers representing us. | Kamini Prakash Umhlanga
Trump governs by Art Of The Deal
On a daily basis, the mainstream media disparage US President Donald Trump for his style of government, even claiming his actions are wittingly reckless.
But if journalists and readers were familiar with Trump's book, Art of the Deal, they would understand.
The premise of Trump's strategy is leverage. It's his key tool for achieving what he intends. To realise that, he has a range of tactics which he applies to suit the circumstances. Here they are:Walking away from the table; creating a sense of urgency; using his resources to manipulate; strategic timing; appearing unpredictable; doing nothing; delaying; creating uncertainty; keeping the opponent guessing; keeping options open; pivoting on positions; projecting confidence even when his position is insecure; pushing opponents into reactive mode; using information to manoeuvre opponents into positions that suit him or trap them.
Government for Trump means practicing the art of the deal. In so doing he is more than the conductor. He is also the orchestra playing the instruments which is why the discordance he produces on occasions is intentional and why many think he is clueless about what he is doing. Wrong!
We are witnessing an exceptional leader and a master tactician with virtuous intentions in vanquishing Orwellian globalism, salvaging America's sovereignty and its constitutional premise based on, 'We the people'. | DR DUNCAN DU BOIS Bluff
ANC has no intention of saving South Africa
All you have to do is to consider the record of the ANC and Cyril Ramaphosa regarding the success when it comes to commissions of inquiry.
Yet, the general public and private sector is completely in the dark, and we have a resident who refuses to answer questions or be scrutinised.
Not only was Ramaphosa implicated in two other major scandals, Marikana and Phala Phala, but he was second in charge under Jacob Zuma when State Capture version 1 took place. Now we have State Capture a'la Cupcake and a corrupt police force.
The ANC president has seemingly built around him an impenetrable, bullet proof layer of protection, which consists of the police, the judiciary, his own cadres (at least some of them), the media and even political parties too damn scared to ruffle any feathers.
The result is that the South Africa today is a broken, tired and failed state, captured by the 'untouchable' elites who pretended for 30 years to care about their own people, yet lied to them, abused them and used their votes to get into positions of immense power! | L Oosthuizen Durban
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