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In City Press Voices: Lekota’s politics of hurt and betrayal, Mondli Makhanya on culture of no consequences

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City Press Voices: February 24 2019
City Press Voices: February 24 2019

Here are some of the headlines in your City Press Voices section today:

Politics of hurt and betrayal

Marion Sparg tells that the abuse Terror Lekota suffered in the hands of apartheid-era special branch has left him wounded to an extent that he is now wounding others or at least allowing himself to be used by others to create division.

Culture of no consequences

Mondli Makhanya says there has to be visible consequences for the criminality that has seized campuses across the country, resulting in institutions being forced to shut down.

Honesty is a precursor to trust

Modidima Mannya writes that honesty of those in leadership is paramount to have public confidence in the job they do. So, when Treasury DG failed to declare he had a previous traffic fine conviction, he has left a room for him to be questioned of his honesty.

Really? We need a new theatre?

Charl Blignaut opines that it could only have been electioneering, some sort of grandiose appeal to our national pride, that led Finance Minister Tito Mboweni to arrive at his only statement on arts and culture in his budget speech this week.

Education must be balanced

Teaching and learning African languages is the major key to the transformation of the education system in universities, writes Miyelani Anthonia Hlungwani.

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