Criminality has long been embedded in the VIP protection units of the SAPS - essentially the armed guards of the ruling ANC elite. In 1997 it was disclosed in parliament that 198 were facing criminal charges, *22 for murder*, 18 for attempted murder, and four for robbery.

The day the miracle died (III): James Myburgh writes on violent crime, the criminalisation of the state, and the ANC's turn from reconciliation (1994-2002) politicsweb.co.za/opinion/the-da…

The ANC's latest myth refuted: Dave Steward says the claim that the party "found nothing in office" and had to "start from scratch" in 1994 is flatly untrue politicsweb.co.za/opinion/the-in…

One of the more bizarre claims of this election cycle is that the ANC did not inherit functioning institutions when it took over in 1994. Here is a first hand refutation of that claim, being spread on social media, by someone who was directly involved in managing the handover.

EDITORIAL: South Africa's Zeitenwende: The ANC is going to have to finally commit to one or other of its two visions for the country - to plunder it utterly or to govern for the benefit of its people politicsweb.co.za/opinion/an-exi…

Daily Maverick must apologise for PHSG misreporting - Press Ombudsman: Publication misrepresented reasons for acquittal of girls on false "racism" charges, despite these being in public domain "3.1.2. The publication points out – quite correctly – that the GDE is the authority

Following a complaint made by parents of 12 falsely accused girls at Pretoria High School for Girls, the Press Ombudsman has instructed the Daily Maverick to publish an apology. Finally, some accountability. This is a major milestone in the battle to defeat #schoolcapture

"Leila Khaled helped murder my fellow pilgrims" Tony Larroy, a survivor of Lod Airport massacre in Israel in May 1972, has appealed to the ANC not to honour those responsible for the death of his girlfriend by renaming Sandton Drive after the leading PFLP member. The following

And this is just the beginning of the fallout of SA's anti-Western foreign policy... WSM's column on Politicsweb politicsweb.co.za/opinion/sa-fac…

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1/2 It may appear shocking to foreigners that South Africa's highest court would effectively greenlight murderous chants like 'kill the Boer' and 'shoot the Boer'. But given that the ConCourt was always a political court - designed by the ANC to sit on top of the existing

David Bullard on News24's despicable campaign againt 'white racists', in this case Boer. Unfortunately, this kind of intimidation is often successful and the Twatterbaas account has been silent since.

My dear friend and great soldier in the democratic cause Douglas Gibson has died. We were in the trenches together since 1986 - some wins, some loses and always on his part principled consistency and endurance and lots of laughs. Go well DG and enjoy eternal rest

During the 2024 election, I found myself in a queue at a voting station in Johannesburg. As I waited, I noticed Douglas Gibson walking past me with another elderly person to get to the front of the queue. I thought it was really good of Douglas - retired at age 81 - to take the

FROM THE ARCHIVES: This is how Dr. Joseph Goebbels, Germany's newly appointed Minister of Propaganda and Enlightenment, responded to allegations in the international press that the Jews in his country were being racially persecuted. (25 March 1933)

To clarify the ANC's current official position on 'Kill the Boer': Yes, its armed wing, MK, learned the song from ZIPRA in the 1970s, who did indeed have a policy of killing 'Boers'. In the 1980s MK also had a declared policy of attacking and trying to kill farmers. In the early

Important piece by James Myburgh on how South Africa’s party funding law discourages donations to the opposition while protecting the ANC’s state capture funding model. NGOs worked hard to get such law passed, and it would be good to have their response. politicsweb.co.za/opinion/the-an…

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