Coalition politics will remain with us for decades

RICH countries grow richer and poor countries become poorer. Rich countries have brains. Poor countries have babies. | ROBERT

Metro police, please focus on errant motorists who are now in the majority, instead of intimidating hawkers trying to make a living. Merebank has become a playground for lawbreakers recently. | JOE SOAP

THE Western Cape created 161 000 jobs last year, not 300 000 as Steenhuisen says. SA created 789 000 but this was just part of the bounce back from jobs lost during the pandemic. KZN created 315 000 jobs – which is the highest of all provinces. | DUMA GQUBULE

ONE thing I like about the EFF is that they pretend that they are fighting for the poor black child. Meanwhile they are wearing R28 000 imported Balenciaga boots, R20 000 Christian Dior sneakers and R80 000 Louboutin heels like Dina Pule. I guess designer French and Italian clothing are an integral part of the “revolution”. | NALEDI MATTHEWS

RE: Thuli Madonsela. When she was accused of being a “Stellenbosch Makoti”, some of us gave her the benefit of the doubt.

But with time, she has proved beyond any reasonable doubt that she is a hired gun. For her, who claims to be a legal guru, to make wild statements that Zuma sold the country – a treasonous act that Zuma has not been found guilty of – boggles the mind. As a legal expert, why does she question the efficiency of the country’s criminal justice system which has dismally failed the country by failing to bring Zuma to book after decades of being accused of corruption? The timing of her attack on Zuma also raises eyebrows.

Is it not coincidental at all, she is indeed acting on someone else’s instructions. | STEVE MOTALE

COALITION politics will remain with us for many more decades to come. Kingmakers will become rainmakers for those who cannot reach majority thresholds in municipalities, provinces and even at national levels. The EFF are the main kingmakers in South African politics; and rainmakers for certain political parties and political personalities. | KEKANA PRESIDENT BIGSA