Pieter du Toit
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Johannesburg, GP, South Africa
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HuffPost: This Is What Youth Day Means To Us
'We aren’t where we should be, but we’re much closer than we were a year ago. And certainly much better off than in 1976.' → Read More
High Tackle: Remgro Tells WP Rugby To Pay Up, Or Else
South Africa's oldest rugby union has ostensibly tried to side-step their biggest benefactor. But Remgro will not be outrun, it seems. → Read More
More Bad News For The DA As ANC Scores 'Huge Victory' In March Election Drive
Dawie Scholtz, an election analyst, says the ANC's base turned out in droves during the March election registration weekend. And that's not good for the DA. → Read More
State Capture: What Cyril Ramaphosa Knew And When He Knew It
President Cyril Ramaphosa last week told editors that it was the Gupta email leaks that first alerted him to state capture. Is that credible? → Read More
Springbok Rugby And The Meaning Of Siya Kolisi
South African rugby, like the country's society, comes from a deeply divided history. Siya Kolisi's appointment as Test captain is therefore a big moment. → Read More
DA Split 'Will Guarantee ANC Power For Decades', Top Former Strategist Warns
Ryan Coetzee was the brains behind the DA's growth until 2011. And he's not impressed by talk about a new, purely liberal party. → Read More
Notes From Tuynhuys: Ramaphosa Looks To Be A Man Under Pressure
South African editors met President Cyril Ramaphosa for 90 minutes on Thursday evening. This is how it went. → Read More
Expropriation: This Is What The ANC Decided About The Constitution
There's lots of chatter about the ANC's decision regarding changing the Constitution. Arm yourself, and know the facts. → Read More
AfriForum's Roets Tells Fox News 'Parliament Has Already Decided' About Expropriation... But It Hasn't
Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson told his audience white farmers in South Africa are suffering under a "wave of barbaric attacks". → Read More
AfriForum: From 'Shoot The Boer' To 'String Up Academics'
In 2011 AfriForum took Julius Malema to court over 'shoot the boer'. In 2018, one of its leaders quotes an author saying 'academics should be strung up'. → Read More
AfriForum's U.S. Adventure: Stoking Fear And Reinforcing Prejudice, Just Like In Oz
The Afrikaner-rights group is taking its perceptions on land reform and farm murders to the U.S. Is it the same as the narrative the Australians believe? → Read More
Emails Show How Former Eskom Exec Changed His Tune On McKinsey Money
It seems the global consultancy firm didn't believe the Eskom leadership to be honest brokers – and insisted on a court process to finalise the matter. → Read More
Men On A Mission: AfriForum's Kriel And Roets En Route To US To Talk About Land, Crime
The Afrikaner-rights organisation has sent its top leadership overseas to talk about issues it is concerned about. → Read More
Steinhoff: Christo Wiese Flogging Two Luxury Private Jets
The former chairman of the embattled company — and once South Africa's third richest man — is disposing of a Falcon and Boeing. → Read More
Obama's Mandela Address Will Be 'His Most Important Speech' Since Leaving The White House
The former U.S. president will also launch a year-long leadership initiative while in Johannebsurg. → Read More
New York Times Slams ANC, Says The Party Has Become 'Gorged On Corruption'
This follows a special report into state capture and corruption by one of the world's leading publications. → Read More
We're Here For the 💰💰💰, Ramaphosa Tells London Elite
A bow-tied and black-suited President Cyril Ramaphosa took his charm offensive to London and made it clear South Africa is "open for business". → Read More
Apology To Anton Harber, Thandeka Gqubule And Nomavenda Mathiane
We failed to seek out comment from Harber, Gqubule and Mathiane before publishing untested allegations. We are deeply sorry and apologise without reservation. → Read More
Winnie And Stratcom: Why We Removed The Video Clip
On the 4th of April 2018 HuffPost posted a video clip of an interview conducted with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in June 2017. The interview was arranged after the screening of the documentary → Read More
Q&A With Mmusi Maimane: 'The ANC Is Going To Tear Itself Apart'
DA leader Mmusi Maimane on race, land and coalitions. → Read More