http://www.citypress.co.za/ Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:49:31 +0200 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:14:52 +0200 After dismally failing to dislodge Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe, the West have turned on Jacob Zuma as their new African punch-bang, writes JAPHET NCUBE. http://www.citypress.co.za/Content/Columnists/GuestColumnist/2365/1028ccc08a0d438f99e951af5eacfbb4/07-03-2010-10-00/The_new_Mugabe Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:14:14 +0200 EVERY country that has succeeded in lifting people out of poverty has made education its top priority. Despite South Africa’s massive expenditure on education, however, the results of that ­investment are getting worse and worse. http://www.citypress.co.za/Content/Columnists/GuestColumnist/2365/b17306bd837d44eda657880af3db27f5/28-02-2010-01-00/An_expensive_child-minding_scheme Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:00:02 +0200 WHATEVER is happening to the education of the African child is a matter of serious concern. The irony is, the more we all profess to be (South) Africans, the more all the things associated with indigenous Africans die a slow death. http://www.citypress.co.za/Content/Columnists/GuestColumnist/2365/5c88e45a71b44359880daec91d1f7124/28-02-2010-01-00/I_can%E2%80%99t_sing_Die_Stem Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:00:02 +0200 WHEN Nelson Mandela walked to freedom 20 years ago he re-entered a society seemingly irreversibly split by the evil of apartheid. An explosion of violence, to many, seemed inevitable. http://www.citypress.co.za/Content/Columnists/GuestColumnist/2365/6c6a9170e2ff494689c7fb85beaf673f/28-02-2010-01-00/Mandela%E2%80%99s_lesson Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:00:02 +0200 THE reaction of opposition parties to the state- of-the-nation address delivered by President Zuma once again laid bare the dire state of our opposition. http://www.citypress.co.za/Content/Columnists/GuestColumnist/2365/75a1980f7cfd428387f0d5c600e8313a/21-02-2010-01-00/Playing_the_man_and_not_the_ball Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:14:52 +0200 FIRST there were hushed tones laced with knowing smiles. We, the ­ignorant teenagers, were to learn later that the announcement of the emancipation of political parties and subsequently Nelson Mandela had been broadcast over the radio. http://www.citypress.co.za/Content/Columnists/GuestColumnist/2365/2044d55baa364cbf9c9a91720ac2d3f7/14-02-2010-12-00/Following_in_the_footsteps_of_greatness Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:05:25 +0200 EVEN though the state of the nation address was meant to mark 20 years since the release of a man who captured the world’s imagination, Zuma’s speech failed to inspire. http://www.citypress.co.za/Content/Columnists/GuestColumnist/2365/87df741e2ebc4a298be0a3488e7287b4/14-02-2010-01-00/%E2%80%98Out_of_10,_Id_give_him_0 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:00:09 +0200 THE January new car sales, which exceeded market expectation, are interesting because it’s their first increase in 10 months. http://www.citypress.co.za/Content/Columnists/GuestColumnist/2365/0ff42bd40f4049b7b8c789754d43c9c5/07-02-2010-01-00/Green_light_flashes_for_the_automotive_industry Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:00:02 +0200 IN PHUKET, I stayed on one of Thailand’s holiday islands at a hotel that had been in the eye of the ­tsunami five years ago. You wouldn’t say so. Perfectly ­rebuilt, the entire coastal strip is like a phoenix risen. An ­aquamarine beach necklaced by a sea of neon. http://www.citypress.co.za/Content/Columnists/GuestColumnist/2365/f934ae095af745739185416ae49acf44/02-02-2010-02-00/Backward_ever,_onward_never_ Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:13:59 +0200 A COLLEAGUE who often travels to ­China told me about a rudimentary but very effective measure of ­economic performance used by the Chinese government. It counts the number of what we would call service delivery protests – and the higher the number the more likely the economy is not growing as fast as it should. http://www.citypress.co.za/Content/Columnists/GuestColumnist/2365/29ab056085144eefac0fa60d802c35ae/02-02-2010-01-30/Time_for_a_lesson_in_Chinese Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:35:41 +0200