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Voter Frustration: SA, our country without a plan… again!

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“I constantly make the observation that no-one has a plan. EFF Well the EFF has a plan, to take all the land, all the houses, all the businesses and make it all owned by them to be leased back to you at a nice nest feathering price. DA The DA has plan, they want to run the country as a developers delight where the land is there to be utilized (read their environmental policies), and then they can charge and charge to their little heart’s delight because imagine all the … Read the full article…

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Court Ensures Afrikaans is a Dying Language

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Afrikaans is a dying language. In the Constitutional Court of South Africa, on December 29 2017, it could be said that Afrikaans was on trial. Afriforum was opposing the University of the Free State’s decision to use English as its medium language. In the television broadcast of the judgement on Afriforum’s final leave to appeal, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng often used the words “racism” and “apartheid”, emphasising how difficult the topic is. That difficulty is emphasised by previously contrary rulings in lower courts. Mogoeng said that the dual medium policy … Read the full article…

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Our Day of Working Together

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1961 witnessed the formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). For the Afrikaners, the same day and month was called Day of the Vow, a celebration of their victory over the mighty Zulus at the Battle of Blood River in 1838. Such polar opposite events would’ve done nothing for peace in South Africa so joining them into one Day of Reconciliation was a cool idea… and us English folk went along with it because we like public holidays:) This … Read the full article…

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