Max Du Preez's Blog, page 11

News24.com | Helen Zille's only option is to resign

It was an astonishing judgement error on Zille���s part to think something as sensitive and complex as colonialism could be discussed sensibly on a medium like Twitter, writes Max du Preez.

News24.com | Are we headed for an ANC/EFF coalition?

If the ANC gets less than 50 percent of the vote in 2019, it would likely want to go into a coalition with another party. As things stand now, it is steadily moving closer to the EFF, writes Max du Preez.

News24.com | Panicking Zuma has thrown caution to the wind

All the signs are there that Zuma has actually decided to push hard to stay on as president of the country after he was replaced as ANC leader in December, writes Max du Preez.

News24.com | Organised agriculture must take the lead

With the power struggle in the ANC consuming the party, it's up to organised agriculture to safeguard our food security and rural stability, writes Max du Preez.

News24.com | Stop the alternative facts about land reform

There can only be one reason why President Jacob Zuma and his loyalists lie about the real facts about black participation in the economy and land reform, writes Max du Preez.

News24.com | Zuma's tough guy act mocks our institutions

The most significant part of last Thursday���s State of the Nation Address was President Zuma���s audible giggle as he witnessed the excessive violence used to evict the EFF, writes Max du Preez.

News24.com | In politics, perception is reality, Adv Nel

Gerrie Nel is going to have an uphill battle to convince South Africans that the people he is going to prosecute were not chosen by his employer with its set of political prejudices, writes Max du Preez.

News24.com | Zuma himself is behind 'white monopoly capital'

Watch carefully as President Jacob Zuma and his supporters try to steer the public's attention away from state capture and onto the theme of white monopoly capital, writes Max du Preez.

News24.com | Cheap populism has captured our politics

Be prepared to deal with wild promises and appeals to people���s baser instincts with ethnic and race mobilisation, jingoism and narrow nationalism and creeping authoritarianism, writes Max du Preez.

News24.com | Media should be wary of ANC propaganda war

If there were ever a time since 1994 when it was crucial for the South African media to do their job properly, professionally and ethically, it would be now, writes Max du Preez.