Peter Bachtis News Today

Why has the ANC, post-1994, spawned so many gluttonous scoundrels? It's become a game of oneupmanship...the one miscreant attempting to outdo the other.

The DA has gone to a lot of trouble to give us its rescue plan in broad brush strokes. We have heard this kind of positive rhetoric from the ANC and other parties, making promises that are never delivered.

The rules of tough love are relentless in their quest to bring sanity to a delinquent party.

The recycled CEO, Sean Summers, has gnashed his teeth as he gave us an inkling of good things to come at the limping Pick n Pay.

Ten years after Nelson Mandela’s passing and 30 years since the ANC conned the world into believing they had the moral high ground to rule SA, the fabric of society lies in tatters.

Once upon a time... quite a few decades ago, the ANC convinced the entire world that they had the moral high ground to rule over SA. Their brand of morality, conveyed by none other than Madiba, impressed even the most cynical among us. A few years into their reign, their actions morphed from saintly morality into moral bankruptcy.

Glossy adverts by liquor chains and retailers are shoved in our faces on a daily basis, as we get closer to the Christmas season.

Minister of international relations Naledi Pandor and minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, have come out with bazookas blazing, condemning Israel for its ruthlessness in dealing with Hamas.

Calling for the removal of the Springboks emblem is Julius Malema’snew “hate” campaign. Sensible and clear-thinking South Africans embraced the new rugby world champs, including the Bokkie emblem and the green and gold colours.

A dark cloud hangs over the head of the newly appointed public protector. Her name was dragged through the mud, as accusations of being a “femme fatale”.reverberated through parliament.