Pravin Gordhan’s 2012 budget in South Africa played the balancing act nicely given current local and global economic circumstances. More effort needs to be made to increase the tax-base though and certainly more effort is needed to stamp out corruption and government squandering of public funds in order to achieve a sustainable solution for the country.
Pravin Gordhan – 2012 Budget Cartoon
June 1st, 2026 (Updated)Pieter Mulder – Land Reform Cartoon
June 1st, 2026 (Updated)Pieter Mulder, leader of Freedom Front Plus in South Africa claims that blacks may not be entitled to make land claims based on the fact they were not there first in as much as 40% of the country. As expected, this sparked an uproar as an inaccurate depiction of history. The flaw in Pieter Mulder’s argument however, is much more fundamental.
State of the Nation Address 2012 – CartOOn
June 1st, 2026 (Updated)Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation address 2012 was more inspiring than his previous attempts at recruiting confidence – but have we heard this all before? There are a few differences in this year’s address that makes Wonkie more optimistic about the future in South Africa.
DASO promotes Interracial Hanky-Panky – Woohoo!
June 1st, 2026 (Updated)DASO’s controversial poster of a naked interracial couple embracing each other has, as expected, created an uproar across South Africa. Given where South Africa is headed in reality with respect to race relations though, this is really much ado about nothing.
Limpopo – Is Zuma finally delivering?
June 1st, 2026 (Updated)The South African treasury and central government are finally taking action against under-performance and corruption at provincial government level. Is this the start of a new era of accountability in South Africa, or just a temporary derailment of the national gravy train?