PATRICK BULGER | The Sputla Shuffle: a dancing comrade's one step forward, two steps back
As load-shedding is stepped up, our electricity minister appears unmoved, except on the dance floor, where he is the picture of abandon
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As load-shedding is stepped up, our electricity minister appears unmoved, except on the dance floor, where he is the picture of abandon
Donald Trump provided the template for populists to capitalise on the old political order’s alleged failure to deliver on its promises. At home, Herman Mashaba also has some homespun answers to our problems, but what if voters and his own party are a little more cerebral than he budgeted for?
Brics started life as a trading bloc, but under China’s tutelage and Russian guidance, it has ambitions to become a new, alternative centre of power in a Western-dominated world. But a lack of accountability is arguably the flipside of the aggressive resource nationalism that is reshaping global politics
Brics started life as a trading bloc, but under China’s tutelage and Russian guidance, it has ambitions to become a new, alternative centre of power in a Western-dominated world. But a lack of accountability is arguably the flipside of the aggressive resource nationalism that is reshaping global politics
League is back, as loud and rude as ever, to keep the old guys on track and ensure they resist any new thinking about how to rescue SA from the abyss