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THE report on the current DA spat ( page 1, June 7) illustrates how puerile political debate is. South Africans seem to be obsessed with their past.
To say colonialism was universally bad is to assume African nationalism was and is good. Anyone with eyes and ears can look at the continent and see it is anything but.
My ancestors may not have liked the Roman occupation of Britain, but to suggest it didn’t leave behind some useful legacy is to abandon your intellect. Bernard Benson Parklands BEING the official proper-tea of the Guptas has led to JZ’s exponential prosperit-tea. He loves to start his day off with infidelity-tea and has decided to rid his shelves of chastit-tea.
Impunit-tea seems to be another favourites, closely followed by impurit-tea. With no qualit-tea or integri-tea left. An evening cuppa of disparit-tea has become his vice. A traves-tea of justice it is that Zuma’s parting gift to the nation will be pover-tea. It is a formalit-tea that he will be named our number one Joko. Keith Chipiwa Randburg OVER the past few years, there have been debates around the issue of funding of political parties.
What is good about it is the fact that the ruling party, which is the biggest spender, is the one that proposed an ad hoc committee to deal with this matter.
History has taught us that foreign donors are not always good for the sovereignty of any country. As citizens, we need to know who is funding various political parties and for what purpose. We ought to know if these funds are domestic or foreign.
We have learn from other countries that have been subjected to this. Tom Mhlanga Braamfontein LET us not forget the US arms deal with Saudi Arabia. The weapons sale was one of the largest in history, totalling close to $110 billion (around R1.5 trillion) .
The package included ships, patrol boats, Patriot missiles, and THAAD missile defence systems. Much of that military hardware will likely be pressed into service in the Saudi fight against its neighbour, Yemen, where thousands have been killed over more than two years of heavy fighting.
The US is aiding and abetting war crimes in Yemen. Coalition aircraft have bombed crowded markets and funerals, maimed countless children and attacked a boat filled with refugees, often using US made weapons in these unlawful attacks.
If the Trump administration wants to curtail US support for abuses in the Muslim world, it should immediately end arms sales to Saudi Arabia. Mahmoud Rangila Isipingo Hills, Durban