Hope springs eternal in the human breast. So wrote the much-quoted 18th Century English poet, Alexander Pope. And, although this has all too often described the
futility of chasing after rainbows and never finding a promised pot of gold, hope continues to sustain millions of people in situations that, to the more fortunate, might seem hopeless.
Terry Bell
Opinion | 25 July 2012
âWhat the country now needs is growth with social justice. And this will require the state to play a major role in creating the conditions and dictating the policy direction of economic growth.â
Terry Bell
Opinion | 4 July 2012
South Africa Inc is a âfrontingâ exercise in which the people of the country are the hapless stooges giving credibility to a governing elite.
Terry Bell
Opinion | 27 June 2012
COSATU is facing an unprecedented onslaught. Is the federation, as Helen Zille claims, âthe main roadblock in the road to job creation and redressâ? And would âlowering the cost of employmentâ be the âbiggest single step towards solving the unemployment problemâ?
Ilan Strauss and Doron Isaacs
Opinion | 12 June 2012
Over this past week, the National Union of Metalworkers congress has again put both nationalisation and the Freedom Charter firmly onto the political agenda.
Terry Bell
News | 8 June 2012
Many matters of national and regional importance have been neglected in the past two weeks, submerged beneath the fuss and furore caused by the charade surrounding the satirical Spear painting.
Terry Bell
News | 4 June 2012