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The blood sport of succession

The blood sport of succession

Succession is a messy business, with skeletons always popping out, as in the case of former France presidential hopeful Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

Reopening a closed Mbeki chapter

Reopening a closed Mbeki chapter

Although fawning, Frank Chikane’s book has shed light on the ANC’s abuse of spy agencies and also goes into the thinking and psyche of Thabo Mbeki.

Glass half full now for SA’s women

Glass half full now for SA’s women

The ANC’s policy documents on gender equality make for cautiously optimistic reading.

Houston

Houston, you had a problem

Bobby Brown cannot be blamed for the singer’s death, but he contributed greatly to her downfall.

We need you at home

We need you at home, Madam Minister

With glaring gaps in leadership skills and ability, why outsource our most able politician?

Zero tolerance for Zille’s barb

Zero tolerance for Zille’s barb

The DA leader’s labelling of musician Simphiwe Dana as a ‘professional black’ smacks of racial insensitivity and cheap political point-scoring.

‘Tis the season to be sunning oneself

In exactly a week from now I, like many South Africans, will decamp to the coast to become a beach bum, writes <b>Nikiwe Bikitsha</b>.

Good eating habits start young

Good eating habits start young

In a month-long foray into the social networking site Twitter, I commented on an article posted by struggle stalwart and activist Jay Naidoo.

Here’s why we care about politicians’ sex lives

Whatever will the Italians talk about now, now that their randy Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has finally left the building?

Greetings to the world’s seven-billionth person

<b>Nikiwe Bikitsha</b> writes a letter to Danica May Camacho, the world’s seven-billionth person.

Where is your mama

Where is your mama, Nonhle Thema?

<b>Nikiwe Bikitsha</b> has been trying desperately to avoid the subject of Nonhle Thema.

Taxi industry is going like a Boeing

Taxi industry is going like a Boeing

With relations between the taxi industry and government seemingly improving, the industry has now launched, with great aplomb, its first airline.

Let’s do it

Let’s do it, for Tiyo Soga

I will wake up this Friday morning to pay tribute to one of the greatest Africans the continent has ever produced, writes <b>Nikiwe Bikitsha</b>.

Royal whisky sticks in the craw

A group of media colleagues and <b>Nikiwe Bikitsha</b> got more than we bargained for on a recent trip to Swaziland.

It’s time to start campaigning for a female president

Once the song and dance of Women’s Month is over, what is left?

Sting in the fairy tale

Sting in the fairy tale

<b>Nikiwe Bikitsha</b> wonders whether she was the only one whose sense of sisterhood took a battering while observing Charlene Wittstock’s wedding.

Desperately seeking bold leaders we can trust

<b>Nikiwe Bikitsha</b> hadn’t been to Maycomb County, Alabama in years, but it is a place she likes to revisit when in search of inspiration.

Swelling of the BEE belly

Swelling of the BEE belly

We all revere Nelson Mandela. I would even suggest that many of the young leaders in the country aspire to be like him, writes <b>Nikiwe Bikitsha</b>.

Time for manure to hit the DSK

Time for manure to hit the DSK

Dominique Strauss-Kahn is in the doo-doo. For someone of his ilk to spend a few days at New York’s Rikers Island jail, must have been torture.

Love is in the air amid war

Love is in the air amid war

What disparate times we live in. Two Fridays ago we were all glued to our television screens as Prince William and Kate said "I will".