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LETTER: Arms deal lesson eludes Sisulu
	In her drive to re-militarise SA and to subvert our democracy, Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu is clearly contemptuous of the constitutional obligation of section 198 that "national security must reflect the resolve of South Africans, as individuals and as a nation, to live as equals, to live in peace and harmony, to be free from fear and want and to seek a better life".

LETTER: Local content criteria

The article "Prasa pleased by response to tender for rolling stock" (May 16) refers. In the report I was quoted as being surprised at the low proposed weighting of "local content" as a bid evaluation criteria.

LETTER: Support not ethnic

Anthony Butler’s column, "KwaZulu support may come back to haunt Zuma" (May 18 ), is baseless for suggesting that KwaZulu-Natal supports President Jacob Zuma because of ethnic affinities.

LETTER: If the cap fits, wear it

The latest brouhaha over the painting of President Jacob Zuma and the subsequent reaction from the president’s office is typical of Mr Zuma’s gangster-like politics.

LETTER: Cosatu disappoints

LETTER: Alliance losing the war

Cosatu’s Patrick Craven, that crusty dinosaur and peddler of disgraced communist policies, claims the illegal Cosatu march against the recent legal Democratic Alliance (DA) march in the Johannesburg CBD was a class battle

LETTER: Racing backwards

It seems to be fashionable to attack racist whites, but why is it so difficult to understand what "racism" means? It is discrimination and prejudice based on race.

LETTER: Vice wide of the mark

Had Telford Vice’s most recent article (Try telling Ntini, Ngam blacks do not play cricket, May 15) come before me in the days when I was still editing a publication, I would have red-pencilled the whole thing and written in the margin "Address the argument".

LETTER: Hype where there isn’t

While criticism from the usual quarters against anything the Democratic Alliance does is to be expected, it was somewhat surprising to see Business Day criticising the DA’s support for job creation

LETTER: Local cannot compete

I see dinosaurs are alive and well and living in Kenilworth.

LETTER: A prayer to the gods

To gods of football, have mercy on my tortured soul.

EDITORIAL: Let’s not make excuses

On Sunday morning I came back to SA to OR Tambo from a trip to Australia and China.

LETTER: Anything but AB

The exciting, new "AB" campaign? (Thick end of the wedge, May 14).

LETTER: Escapism at its best

Politics and economics are weak talking points around the world, subjects to be avoided at all costs if a deep gloom is not to settle on any social occasion. Fortunately, the opium for the modern masses is at hand.

LETTER: Stump up to save SA

Can we take it that the greater Johannesburg region is the economic heart of SA?

LETTER: A really fowl concept

D Wolpert’s statement (Mastering the skills of crying fowl, Letters, May 17) that an increase of 11,2% in the tonnage of chicken imports from 2006 to 2011 represents a decrease in "real terms" casts suspicion on the remainder of his argument.

LETTER; Distasteful racist art

I have written a number of times in this newspaper about the concept of aversive racism, what some call modern racism or unconscious racism.

LETTER: Cosatu’s stance on subsidy baffling

I find the stance of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and its general secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi, with respect to the government’s proposed youth wage subsidy ( Zuma backs youth wage but Cosatu stands firm, May 17) to be baffling, to say the least.

LETTER: Cosatu displays its fear

Cosatu’s behaviour against the Democratic Alliance (DA) on Tuesday shows a complete level of reckless behaviour, childishness, and arrogance superimposed with fear

LETTER: Premature obituary

My advice always to editors is to avoid writing stories about other newspapers lest they be seen as self-serving and subjective.

LETTER: Mastering the skill of crying fowl

If you propagate an untruth long enough, people eventually start to see it as the truth. South African poultry producers have almost mastered this art.

LETTER: SA able to lead AU

I question Business Day’s stance on portraying SA as being unable to lead the African Union (AU) into a better future — and quoting a dubious KPMG report about SA not being the gateway to Africa, and taking a derogatory stance against Jacob Zuma’s attempts at getting the AU presidency.

LETTER: Majola acting the fool

You’d think by now Gerald Majola would just man up and hand back his ill-gotten gains (Majola to get details of Cricket SA charges soon, May 16).

LETTER: SA needs Ramaphosa

I refer to the editor’s column (Thick E nd of the Wedge, May 14) and the letter from Lethola Mokakala (Ramaphosa failed SA, May 15).

EDITORIAL: Press can’t resolve issues it raises

To be an editor or any person in charge of a newspaper in SA is probably more difficult than elsewhere.

LETTER: Citizenry has duty too

The problem with Mzukisi Qobo’s column (ANC must rid itself of last vestiges of Mbeki era, May 11) is that it is manipulative — and its suggestion that President Jacob Zuma must be replaced is utterly simplistic.

LETTER: Getting the ball rolling

Phillimon Mnisi’s letter (Reconciliation remains a mirage, Letters, May 14) refers.

LETTER: More of Made in SA

Dominik Heil praises Woolworths for recognising its responsibility to wider society (and not only to shareholders) by protecting the environment and uplifting communities (Business must recognise its responsibility to wider society, May 10).

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