Melanie Verwoerd
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Melanie Verwoerd
Political Analyst + Author + Speaker
 

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A royal Mkhize mess: A second-hand Land Cruiser bakkie isn't worth a political career
A royal Mkhize mess: A second-hand Land Cruiser bakkie isn't worth a political career

President Cyril Ramaphosa must be pulling his hair out. The last thing he needed just as we enter a third wave of the COVID pandemic is a big drama around his health minister…

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Corruption, Political commentaryMelanie Verwoerd10 June 2021#PresidentRamaphosa, #HealthMinister, #ZweliMkhize, #corruption Comment
When air turns to glue: Remembering my dad, a year on
When air turns to glue: Remembering my dad, a year on

Reflecting on her father’s passing one year ago today, Melanie writes that only those who have lost people they loved understand how your world changes irrevocably the day you hear the news.

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PersonalMelanie Verwoerd03 June 2021#whenairturnstoglue, #RIP, #PhilipFourie, #dad Comment
What all pet owners and parents should know about snail bait
What all pet owners and parents should know about snail bait

Jo-Ellen’s post is the kind of story any animal lover never wants to read. It seems to me that there are a number of lessons to be learnt from her tragedy.

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Personal, Social commentaryMelanie Verwoerd27 May 2021#animallover, #banSnailban, #Efekto, #usenaturalalternatives, #snailandslugbait, #poisonComment
Vaccine rollout: After the long, dark year of fear there is hope again
Vaccine rollout: After the long, dark year of fear there is hope again

Monday, May 18th marked Day One of South Africa’s nationwide vaccine roll-out programme. Finally, Melanie writes, there is hope and a light at the end of the tunnel.

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Personal, Social commentaryMelanie Verwoerd20 May 2021#vaccination, #DayOne, #COVID-19, #COVIDvaccination, #hope Comment
Eish! What is Ace up to?
Eish! What is Ace up to?

In the case of Ace, the suspended unsuspended himself and then suspended the suspender… what is he up to?

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Corruption, Humorous, Political commentaryMelanie Verwoerd13 May 2021#AceMagashule, #CyrilRamaphosa, #suspended, #ANC, # NGCComment
Finally an end to the lion bone trade!
Finally an end to the lion bone trade!

It is time that the majority of people who care about animals have their voices heard and prevent a small minority of cruel, money-hungry farmers from overturning one of the very few good things that has happened in this country for a long while.

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Environmentalism, Political commentaryMelanie Verwoerd06 May 2021#lionbones, #Minister Barbara Creecy, #endcaptivebreeding, #endcannedhunting Comments
Dear President Biden, everyone needs access to the Covid vaccine, not just the US
Dear President Biden, everyone needs access to the Covid vaccine, not just the US

We now turn to you, Mr. Biden, and ask: “How long must we wait? Twenty days, twenty months, or twenty years while we are being crushed by this virus?”

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Political commentary, Social commentaryMelanie Verwoerd29 April 2021#vaccine, #vaccinehoarding, #DearPresidentBidenComment
When the flames come home
When the flames come home

As I drove towards my sister’s house, I said goodbye to my house. I could see in the distance the plumes of smoke and flames, and had little hope of a good outcome.

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PersonalMelanie Verwoerd22 April 2021#CapeTownfire, #UCTfire, #RhodesMemorialFire, #thankyoufirefightersComment
Women hold the power in this country, but we need to claim it
Women hold the power in this country, but we need to claim it

Let there be no doubt, if all of the women in South Africa went on strike, the economy would collapse – not to talk about the chaos that would erupt in households.

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Political commentary, Social Justice, Social commentaryMelanie Verwoerd15 April 2021#womensequality, #GloriaAllred, #womenvoters, #grabembytheballot Comments
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Melanie Verwoerd
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