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In politics, it is crucial to be taken seriously by both your supporters and your opponents. Stigmatisation poses the biggest danger to any orator. Is it too late for Cyril Ramaphosa, asks Vrye Weekblad?
"We are all just residents and that is what brings us together. And what residents want is not massively complicated. They want safety, they want jobs, they want clean streets, they want clean water and that's it," says independent candidate Ruben Richards.
Ivor Powell cracked a joke that the guys with the gang ‘tjappies’ (tattoos), to whom he was manacled for the march into court, weren’t terribly impressed by his arrest for drunk driving.
The SA Navy is grossly underfunded for its force structure, mandated missions, and responsibilities, and has been for years. On the eve of one of the most important maritime safety actions since 1994, the navy is in an existential crisis that can't be allowed to continue, writes Vrye Weekblad.