SPEECH BY FORMER PRESIDENT F W DE KLERK MOENCHENGLADBACH 8 MAY 2004 THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA AFTER TEN YEARS EN ROUTE TO THE FIRST
KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY FORMER PRESIDENT F W DE KLERK AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS 31 MARCH 2004 WHY EDUCATION AND HEALTH ARE ESSENTIAL BUILDING
SPEECH BY FORMER PRESIDENT F W DE KLERK TO THE ADELE SEARL MOUNT NELSON 100 CLUB, CAPE TOWN 8 NOVEMBER 2004 SOUTH AFRICA –
SPEECH BY FORMER PRESIDENT F W DE KLERK TO THE STERN STEWART INSTITUTE SCHLOSS FUSCHL, AUSTRIA, 29 OCTOBER 2004 I would
SPEECH BY F W DE KLERK TO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL WHOLESALERS: ARABELLA, 4 OCTOBER 2004 I do not know how many of
After his election as national President in 2018, Ramaphosa showed that he was serious about combating corruption by strengthening and supporting key institutions – including the National Prosecuting Authority and the Zondo Commission – that were investigating corrupt practices and state capture. These steps finally bore fruit on 10 November, when the NPA issued an arrest warrant for Magashule on 21 charges of fraud and corruption – associated with the so-called Free State asbestos affair which involved irregular contracts to the value of R255 million.
The long-simmering crisis of farm murders has come to a head following the murder on 1 October of a 21-year-old farm manager Brendin Horner at a farm outside Paul Roux in the Free State.
Horner’s body was found tied to a pole and the 21-year-old had injuries to the face and neck.
Only two days later police arrested two suspects, Sekola Piet Matlaletsa and Sekwetje Isaiah Mahlamba, in a township near Paul Roux. Blood-stained clothes and shoes were found in their possession.
Now that we are entering Phase III of the COVID19 lockdown process, this may be a good time to take stock.
We live in the strangest of times. The world’s great airports are idle. Hundreds of thousands of hotels have closed. Schools and universities are empty. Millions of restaurants are shut. Everywhere owners of small and medium-size businesses are wracking their brains and scraping the barrel of their resources to keep their doors open. Tens of millions throughout the world have lost their jobs – and tens of millions more are subsisting on greatly reduced wages.
No right-thinking South African doubted the necessity of the lock-down for the past three weeks. President Ramaphosa was widely lauded for his decisive and clear leadership. The majority of South Africans adhered to the regulations of the past three weeks, because we believed that the infection curve would flatten and that lives would be saved. Many excused the unintended consequences of police and defence over-reaction, and even understood that the curtailment of basic human rights may be necessary for the greater good. When our president announced a two-week extension of the lock-down, he was emphatic that some regulations would be relaxed in due course. Most of us understood the need for the extension, and we welcomed the prospect of the relaxation of the regulations to help the economy’s recovery.
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