Melanie Verwoerd
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Melanie Verwoerd
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The Public Protector should do the decent thing and resign
The Public Protector should do the decent thing and resign

Over time five different courts have ruled that Mkhwebane had lacked a fundamental understanding of the law, that her judgements were deeply flawed and that she had gone beyond her powers.

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Corruption, Political commentaryMelanie Verwoerd11 March 2020#PublicProtector, #BosasaReport, #CR17campaignfunding, #PublicProtectorsreport, #BusisiweMkhwebaneComment
The one thing we know for sure about the coronavirus
The one thing we know for sure about the coronavirus

So as if the coronavirus isn’t enough it now turns out that lion bones from South Africa might be poisoning or infecting the Chinese with TB.

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Social commentary, Environmentalism, Political commentaryMelanie Verwoerd04 March 2020#Coronavirus, #COVID-19, #illegalwildlifetrade, #banwildlifetrade, #DonPinnock, #lionbones Comment
Budget 2020: Business’ top priorities
Budget 2020: Business’ top priorities

With the right announcements, the markets would react positively and support the government in seeking growth.

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Economy, CorruptionMelanie Verwoerd26 February 2020#Finance, #Budget2020, #MinisterMboweni, #Structuralreform, #Spendingcuts, #SOEreform, #notaxincreasesComment
The EFF, Marike de Klerk and years of parliamentary chaos
The EFF, Marike de Klerk and years of parliamentary chaos

Let me be clear, I am not a fan of FW de Klerk. Never was, never will be. He also does not like me. I know it, because he has told me so. Something to do with being a sell-out…

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Political commentaryMelanie Verwoerd20 February 2020#SONA, #EFF, #FWdeKlerk, #jyisONGESKIK, #DannyOlifantComment
30 years on … maybe we can (briefly) celebrate how far we've come?
30 years on … maybe we can (briefly) celebrate how far we've come?

There is sometimes the inclination among those who were not yet born or too young to remember, to accuse those like Madiba and (on the opposite side of the spectrum) Roelf Meyer of selling out.

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Social commentaryMelanie Verwoerd12 February 2020#NelsonMandela, #freedom, #justice, #NelsonRolihlahlaMandela, #VictorVersterprison, #celebrateComment
Why we should all sweat the small stuff - even amongst the vegetables
Why we should all sweat the small stuff - even amongst the vegetables

I'm asked almost every day, how people can contribute to make South Africa a better place. So here is my answer: sweat the small stuff - especially if you are white.

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Social commentaryMelanie Verwoerd05 February 2020#sweatthesmallstuff, #whiteness, #makeSAgreatagainComment
 Taxpayers can’t be the only ones to tighten their belts
Taxpayers can’t be the only ones to tighten their belts

Parliamentarians are entitled to a good salary and sufficient pension benefits, but these kinds of luxuries belong to a time of surplus and have no place in the current economic and political climate.

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Political commentary, CorruptionMelanie Verwoerd29 January 2020#lobolo, #governmentcorruption, #taypayersburden, #DeputyMinisterbenefitsComment
The biggest challenge to Ramaphosa's New Dawn
The biggest challenge to Ramaphosa's New Dawn

At the moment there are hundreds if not thousands of public servants who are facing disciplinary action - mostly for procurement procedures which were not followed - although in many instances they did not benefit from it directly. This means that departments are literally running on empty.

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Social commentary, CorruptionMelanie Verwoerd22 January 2020#NewDawn, #Ramaphosa, #publicservants, #SchoolofGovernment, #biggestchallengeComment
It is far from game over for Ramaphosa
It is far from game over for Ramaphosa

It is exactly because he rarely attacks problems in a bulldozer fashion, but rather in a counter-intuitive manner that he has survived so long in politics.

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Political commentaryMelanie Verwoerd15 January 2020#ANC, #Ramaphosa, #gameoverComment
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