Mandy wiener
MANDY WIENER: We do have good stories to tell, just not that one, Mr President
President Cyril Ramaphosa says we must be more like the Chinese and stop badmouthing his ANC-led government.
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MANDY WIENER: The government is failing – do not ignore the red flag reports
Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says the government has done a great job. The state of the nation is the private sector’s fault.
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MANDY WIENER: How to get young people to vote... Representation!
The youngest adult members of our society must be convinced to vote, but how? Representation is the key, writes Mandy Wiener.
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MANDY WIENER: Time to rethink VIP protection for politicians
Taxpayers spend eyewatering amounts on now seemingly ineffective (and often excessively violent) VIP protection for politicians.
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MANDY WIENER: 'Dr' Matthew Lani farce a symptom of a crippled system
The charges against the fake doctor have been withdrawn due to… insufficient evidence?!
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MANDY WIENER: 'Welcome to silly season, roll in the noise'
The potentially most transformative election since 1994 is months away. Welcome to the silly season, writes Mandy Wiener.
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MANDY WIENER: We shouldn’t rely on sport alone to drive social cohesion
The Springboks and their talisman captain Siya Kolisi, with a sense of duty and obligation, carry the weight of a nation.
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MANDY WIENER: Swifties, political Tinder, and getting young people to vote
Taylor Swift recently – with a mere statement – got 35,000 Swifties to register to vote. We need something like that to happen here.
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MANDY WIENER: We're NOT living in the dreamland the Constitution was written for
We're not living in the land the architects of the Constitution envisioned, writes Mandy Wiener. We must protect our institutions!
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MANDY WIENER: The tricky tightrope of plea deals for assassinations in SA
The Hawks must now use what they have from striking a plea deal to ensure justice for Babita Deokaran.
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'Like any relationship, trust and compromise will be crucial to Moonshot Pact'
United we stand, divided we fall? The age of coalition politics has dawned in South Africa, writes Mandy Wiener.
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MANDY WIENER: The law is the law in Republic of Cape Town – 'if' it is the law
Cape Town is not bending in the face of the taxi industry as so many other cities and the national government have done.
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MANDY WIENER: We must applaud (and protect) the eyewitness who did not look away
The motorist who filmed VIP protection officers meting out abuse is being threatened, but she/he deserves a national order.
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MANDY WIENER: Joburg CBD explosion – is this what a collapsed city looks like?
Johannesburg is collapsing and its dodgy leadership is incapable and weak.
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MANDY WIENER: Euphemisms demonstrate how 'unfortunate' our politicians are
It’s 'regrettable' and 'unfortunate' that our politicians are seemingly incapable of straight-up describing our harsh reality.
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MANDY WIENER: Politicians, we see your 'friends' and from whom you ‘borrow’
Voters must raise the bar to which we hold politicians in South Africa.
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MANDY WIENER: Frustrated South Africans burning SA to the ground, but won't vote
There is growing social unrest in SA, warns The Institute of Risk Management SA, yet voters are more apathetic than ever.
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MANDY WIENER: A missed opportunity as apartheid perpetrators die off
Time is running out for the National Prosecuting Authority to hold those responsible for atrocities to account.
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MANDY WIENER: ANC, if you want the Scorpions back, then make it happen!
The ANC wants to resurrect the Scorpions (which it killed). Just do it, says Mandy Wiener.
