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Some urgency, little credibility, plus five highlights from 'Vrye Weekblad' Here's what's hot in the latest edition of the Afrikaans digital weekly 12 February 2021 - 07:28 By TimesLIVE President Cyril Ramaphosa greets MPs before his fifth State of the Nation address. Image: Esa Alexander The 2021 State of the Nation Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa was a subdued affair without much ceremony, writes Max du Preez in today’s issue of Vrye Weekblad. It could have been brilliant and inspiring — if his government’s credibility in respect of delivering on it...

Two towns say enough is enough, plus five highlights from 'Vrye Weekblad' Here's what's hot in the latest edition of the Afrikaans digital weekly 05 February 2021 - 07:33 By TimesLIVE The community got together and got things done. Image: Willie Jones Fed-up with poor service delivery, and supported by a radical high court decision, two small towns in North West Province are taking charge of local government laxity and saying enough is enough. This attitude may be the start of a nationwide revolution against poor local governance, Anneliese Burgess writes in toda...

Zuma was our Putin, our Mugabe, plus five highlights from 'Vrye Weekblad' Here's what's hot in the latest edition of the Afrikaans digital weekly 29 January 2021 - 07:37 By TimesLIVE Former South African president Jacob Zuma turned the State Security Agency into his own intelligence structures, the Zondo commission heard this week. Image: Kim Ludbrook/Pool via REUTERS Who'd have thought that something like this was possible in SA, a country with a strong constitution and an open society? For more than five years SA was without an SSA, a state security agency. The...

Don’t be fooled by the rand, plus five highlights from 'Vrye Weekblad' Here's what's hot in the latest edition of the Afrikaans digital weekly 22 January 2021 - 07:13 By TimesLIVE The rand is giving us a false sense of security. Image: Karen Moolman The movement of the rand against the US dollar in 2020 is a striking example of how difficult it is for economists and investors to predict the future value of exchange rates. This is especially true in times of great uncertainty for the world economy. The rand closed just this side of R14/$ on December 31 2019. By...

Last days of an angry and wounded president, plus five highlights from 'Vrye Weekblad' Here's what's hot in the latest edition of the Afrikaans digital weekly 15 January 2021 - 07:02 By TimesLIVE Donald Trump, the first US president to be impeached twice. Image: REUTERS/Erin Scott Donald Trump has lost his PGA and the outgoing US president is apoplectic. By stripping the PGA championship from one of his top golf clubs, Bedminster in New Jersey, as retribution for his role in last week’s bloody right-wing insurrection in Washington DC, the Professional Golf...