by Richard Veal | Feb 1, 2016 | News, Pete's Pen
“In 1994 we were standing on the edge of a precipice; since then we have taken a major step forward”. I first heard that one-liner about 10 years ago but it came to mind again during December when we saw the Rand plummet following Zuma’s ridiculous decision to fire...
by Richard Veal | Jan 14, 2016 | News, Pete's Pen
If you’re a regular reader of my posts, you will know that this is the follow-up of my first post of this year where I boasted about my resolution theory. As I’m now tapping on my keyboard, it is proof that I have managed to keep to my resolution so far. How are...
by Richard Veal | Jan 2, 2016 | News, Pete's Pen
And your new year’s resolution is? You will already know that about 5 million South Africans will have made at least one resolution, and by the end of January 4,900,000 will have given up. Most of the rest will have given up by the end of February. Will you be one of...
by Richard Veal | Dec 21, 2015 | News, Pete's Pen
“The downward slide to doom and gloom”. It seems that each month when I tap this blog out on my keyboard I start off by commenting on some stupid thing that the idiot Zuma has done or said during the month which hurts everyone in our country except for him and his...
by Richard Veal | Nov 27, 2015 | News, Pete's Pen
“Another nail in the coffin of the South African economy”. These were the words of the American Chamber of Commerce earlier this month when the ANC rammed the Protection of Investment Bill through the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry‚ despite the objections...
by Richard Veal | Oct 29, 2015 | News, Pete's Pen
I think a Pandora’s Box has just been opened. The Government has given in to the students demands for ‘no university fee increases’, and whilst free education has been promised by the Government for many years, the government has created a precedent for mass action to...
