Oprah Winfrey has been taking a lot of flak about her Leadership Academy in South Africa. When mentioned, her boarding school based in Henley-on-Klip, generally sparks comments like ‘She thinks she can just set up something here without understanding the South African youth and their needs’, or worse triggers snide remarks like ‘typical American disaster […]
Oprah taps Malema’s brain on school curriculum
May 31st, 2026 (Updated)Goodbye Poison Ivy
May 31st, 2026 (Updated)The Sunday Times published a scathing but most appropriate orbituary for dead telecommunications minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri last weekend. Seat-warmer president Kgalema Motlanthe said she was an extraordinary woman – and that she certainly was: a member of Thabo Mbeki‘s so called dream team after the 1999 election, she set South Africa back by at least […]
Opposition uproar as ANC feeds the poor
May 31st, 2026 (Updated)The ANC did say they would address poverty – they just didn’t say when they would and for how long! Opposition parties were in an uproar about unscrupulous campaigning by the ANC last week when ANC t-shirt bearers gave out food parcels in poor areas of South Africa.