Paddi Clay

Things are crazy bad in Gauteng. Residents frequently go without water and electricity supply to their homes for days on end. But the biggest announcement

There are times when politicians deserve to be cut some slack – or at least to be listened to and even, perhaps respected for the

Since the formation of the government of national unity, or national coalition or whatever this new government should be called, people have been expressing an

Returning to normality, or at least the world beyond social media and politics after sustained immersion, is not proving easy. It’s my fault. I made

I have become a widget in the mighty machine that is a party in full campaign mode. The election that’s upon us is the most

Two minor storms in the local media teacup drew my attention this week and prompt some comment. The Daily Maverick online publication didn’t publish and

I received a WhatsApp message from a usually reliable source this week which was an African National Congress graphic notice of a Mini-Rally on 22

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party. Or, in the variant, ‘the country.’ It’s a familiar

A new assault is under way in the war of words that is as fierce as the air and ground war between Gaza and Israel

In acknowledgement of the traditional ‘silly season’, inspired by the rereading of a favourite ‘Christmas’ poem by TS Eliot and a recent presentation by former