After Mandela, a game-changer
28 January 2014
Just last week, the media sphere was abuzz with speculation that Agang SA, the fledgling political movement launched by Dr Mamphela Ramphele, was in trouble.
Aakash Bramdeo is a former colleague from e.tv news who moved on to the SABC before being offered the editorship of Post in Durban — which was the newspaper which published my first story back in 1980. Before accepting the job, Aakash picked my brain as to what he could do to make the paper relevant to a wider readership. "Get a columnist who reflects the audience you're trying to attract," I said.
Shortly after accepting the position of editor, Aakash called me and asked, "when can you start?"
"View from the Top" ran in Post every week from 1 May 2011 to 9 April 2014 (which coincided with Aakash's departure from Post to edit the Sunday Tribune).
This lady would get my vote
5 February 2014
Married: 28 January 2014. Divorced: 2 February 2014. The union between the Democratic Alliance and AgangSA died unconsummated.
I know I mentioned last week that a week is a long time in politics, but this has to be a record.
Don't disarm kids in a violent world
12 February 2014
Talking about rape makes me uncomfortable. It goes back to a traumatic exposure in my early adulthood when someone I loved very dearly raped a total stranger.
Zuma might yet turn out to be a hero
19 February 2014
Tito Mboweni is stepping down as chairman of AngloGold Ashanti.
Plant a seed, grow the economy!
26 February 2014
Imagine if you discovered a plant that was so versatile that it grows just about anywhere, requires almost no maintenance, could be used for a huge range of products including incredibly strong rope, durable clothing and was also highly nutritious.
What made Putin flip a switch?
5 March 2014
UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, whatever your feelings about her, was an extraordinary British woman.
She met with China's leader Deng Xiaoping in what was then known as Peking in late September 1982.
Advocating changes in the game plan
12 March 2014
Dali Mpofu, advocate now turned politician in the cause of Julius Malema's Economic Freedom Fighters, was in the YFM studios at Hyde Park on Monday night.
Msholozi, don’t lead us into apartheid
19 March 2014
On 28 February, labour minister Mildred Oliphant published regulations made in terms of the Employment Equity Act for public comment.
From Parys with love
26 March 2014
Parys. It's difficult to think of another South African town that immediately evokes such a wide range of contemptuous hilarity. Except maybe Pofadder. Or Boksburg. Or Pietermaritzburg. But I digress…
Honking hooters and goofy airbags
2 April 2014
After driving in more than a dozen countries around the world, I'm longing for the not-too distant future when cars that drive themselves will be a reality.