After a quarter century, this small generation of South African immigrants has risen to break through, en masse, into such key leadership roles that they’re changing the US. YouTube, PayPal, SolarCity, epigenetic cancer therapy and intelligent Mars robots exist only because of these expats: one of them has led the transition from PCs to cloud computing; another leads the US’s top business school; and another is replacing the space shuttle.
Category Archives: Opinion
“I Am Sorry” – An Open Letter From A South African Expat
Every time I see yet another article from another South African moaning about the negativity of expats, and clearly writing with their rose tinted glasses on, I get angry. Really angry. Hulk angry.
Posted in Community, Crime, Opinion, South Africa
Stop moaning about apartheid and lift yourself up
WE CANNOT afford to simply whinge about apartheid and hope this will lead to economic transformation. An insatiable appetite for knowledge and skills is what will change the country for the better. This is what was on my mind as I imbibed the work of historian David Killingray at the British Library, in London, at the weekend.
Posted in Business & Economy, Opinion, South Africa
Why SA only has two years left – RW Johnson
At 71, RW Johnson has reached a stage in his life when he could care less what cages he rattles. A Rhodes Scholar, historian and journalist, he acts as a canary in the South African coal mine, stabbing his cultured pen at uncomfortable realities. Weekend Argus columnist Andrew Donaldson is from the same mould. And as you might have expected, no holds are barred in Donaldson’s superb piece that followed his interview about Johnson’s latest book. Warning – not for the politically correct. – Alec Hogg
Posted in Opinion, South Africa
Nkandla: the edge of a threshold
THE production of a 50-page document by Police Minister Nathi Nhleko, in which he effectively overturns the 450-odd pages Public Protector Thuli Madonsela took to arrive at her conclusion that President Jacob Zuma had unlawfully benefited from the Nkandla security upgrades, raises many profound questions of law and democratic order.
Afrikaans identity under huge pressure – FW de Klerk
SPEECH BY FORMER PRESIDENT FW DE KLERK TO THE BONDSRAAD, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT PRETORIA, May 29 2015
OUR FUTURE IS IN OUR OWN HANDS
It is a great honour for me to address this important meeting of the Bondsraad at the Voortrekker Monument - this national shrine which is so central to the identity, the history and the soul of our people.
Posted in BEE, Corruption, Crime, Discrimination, Education, Fraud, Freedom of Speech, History, Opinion, Racism, South Africa
Tagged FW de Klerk
Let’s be honest about radical transformation
‘Radical economic transformation’ is the mantra South Africans will hear more and more as the political climate heats up and the contestation for power escalates.
All the parties and politicians exclaiming this slogan explain that this drastic action is necessary because the levels of poverty and unemployment are far too high, too few have a real stake in the economy and the inequality in society is dangerous.
Posted in Business & Economy, Community, Education, Opinion, South Africa
Wanna Feel Proud ?
Posted in Opinion, South Africa
How the left and radical Islam are working toward the same ends in the West
Just a couple days ago two radical Jihadist “known-wolves” living in Phoenix drove 1,000 miles to Garland, Texas; locked and loaded, to commit mayhem on a free speech event featuring a contest for cartoonists to draw Muhammad, a forbidden act in Islam.
Posted in Crime, Farm Murders, International, Opinion, Racism, Radio Interviews, Radio Show Archive
Watch: The Zimbabwean Trillion Dollar campaign – real money for wallpaper
Zimbabwean newspaper campaign turns worthless banknotes into gold
Posted in Business & Economy, Corruption, Land Grabs, Mob Justice, Murder, Opinion, Zimbabwe