The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts — Bertrand Russell

Illegal immigration is one of the few problems even the great deflector can’t blame on apartheid, writes @Bruceps. sundaytimes.timeslive.co.za/…

Illegal immigration is one of the few problems even the great deflector can’t blame on apartheid, writes @Bruceps. sundaytimes.timeslive.co.za/…

Hi Tara, Please could you email me the names of DA members who have threatened you. This is not acceptable to the party and I will initiate disciplinary proceedings against any DA member who has done so.

I read this story in @newscientist three days ago. Surely they're due a credit here?

A few days ago, I tweeted that I think the DA will lose its majority in the City of Cape Town. That opinion has resulted in me receiving thousands of DMs containing rape and death threats from DA members/supporters. You are welcome to disagree with my opinion. If I am wrong, I am wrong. But threatening me with sexual violence because you disagree with my view is disgusting. In addition, I have been threatened with having my job as a journalist made “difficult”. I have been told I will not be given comment when I ask for it and that my editors will be contacted and pressured to remove me from stories. This is a tactic many of my colleagues warned me about. I have told me to avoid talking about the DA altogether because of threats like these. Twitter is not journalism. My journalistic integrity is measured by the articles I write, not by the opinions I share on social media. A tweet is not a news article. I did not publish a piece of reporting; I expressed an opinion. In a country where GBV claims the lives of hundreds of women yearly and has been declared a national crisis, it is completely unacceptable that I am receiving rape threats for expressing a political opinion. This is not simply another aspect of my job. While threats and attacks against journalists are sadly common, nobody would be threatening me with rape if I were a man. I will not be silenced because I expressed a view. In 2023, I publicly stated that I believed the ANC would lose its majority in 2024. Many people disagreed with me, but I did not receive a single rape threat from ANC members or supporters. I do not speak about the DA more than any other political party. Analysing political parties is literally my job as a political analyst. What disgusts me is that in a country with constitutional protections for freedom of expression, a young woman can be threatened with rape and violence simply for making a political prediction. Disagree with me if you want. Argue with me. Tell me I am wrong. But do not threaten my safety because you dislike my opinion.

🚨No rape evidence collection kits means abusers walk free! Watch MP Nicholas Gotsell unpack his questioning into the disturbing lack of rape kits available at SAPS stations across the Cape Flats. Do you think the Minister bothered to respond? Read more here: da.org.za/2026/06/cachalia-f…

Patrick Dlamini is a thoroughly decent man and had nothing to do with the absurd payout at the centre of this issue. @CyrilRamaphosa must protect him here, surely.

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I am surprised at the DAs general strategic development in the last few weeks, especially here on X. I have always regarded them as underachievers in the strategy and conflict competency categories, making up for that in other, more visible categories such as service delivery and being not-the-ANC. I somehow thought that the GHL upgrade, the Steenhuisen marginalization and the high stakes in the Jozi / local elections would inspire them to find that higher gear that I have been waiting to see. But, not so. The same pedestrian thinking, 80s strategic playbook and that continual inability to adopt anything new and inspirational. Some of that comes from a section of their leaders and advisors, some of it from a directional paralysis, incoherent messaging and a few other structural errors. I thought that the new team would at least show signs of improvement, but so far, precious little to see. I don't quite buy the narrative that they are "ANC-lite", but they needed to manage the GNU conundrum more skillfully, they are showing zero progress on the crucial coalition challenges, their messaging is increasingly blurred, they pick the most unnecessary and counterproductive hills to die on, and some of their online advisors and advocates are seemingly in a competition to be the most unlikeable, blundering poster on X. Surprising, disappointing, and coming at a time when they, and the rest of South Africa, can ill-afford another underachieving political party

DONALD MACKAY AND DAAN STEENKAMP | Costs of BEE outweigh benefits businessday.co.za/opinion/20…

"DA rated more positively than the FF in GNU polling." Across both white and black voters the DA was rated highly outperforming the FF . Particularly among black voters. The DA had a 61% favourability rating. The blues will be very pleased with this

This is a must read for all those Labour MPs (and would-be PMs) and economists who truly believe that leaving the EU has had a significant economic cost, the OBR estimate of 4% lower GDP over 15 years is neatly dispatched warwicklightfoot.substack.co…

The DA will lose its majority in the City of Cape Town in the upcoming local government elections.

South Africans are seen as hardworking, God-fearing people who rise early, are in demand abroad, and remain a nation of dreamers shaped by a frontier spirit, writes @Bruceps sundaytimes.timeslive.co.za/…

Here's a guy we can all Learn something from.... instagram.com/reel/DZMr4JJAc…

South Africans are seen as hardworking, God-fearing people who rise early, are in demand abroad, and remain a nation of dreamers shaped by a frontier spirit, writes @Bruceps timeslive.co.za/opinion/2026…

The disbanding of the Scorpions heralded the rise of the kleptocracy. There is no incentive in government, or in the civil service, or in any of the regulators, or in the police service to be honest. All guardrails are broken. We are ruled by petty thieves.

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