LETTER: Winter exposes the great divide in SA

T Markandan|Published

While the more fortunate want to go outdoors to experience the cold, the less fortunate have no choice but to endure the cold, the writer says

LETTER: Liverpool’s sweet revenge lifts coronavirus gloom

T Markandan|Published

The Liverpool win comes at an opportune moment. It gives the fans something to cheer about amid the coronavirus gloom says the letter writer

LETTER: America has always been number one. It's no different with Covid-19

T Markandan|Published

Despite its might, the US is powerless against a tiny virus says the letter writer

LETTER: Life in the time of Covid-19 - It's now the time to make love, not war

T Markandan|Published

While the drop in crime is welcome news, this is not a good time for women to be confined to their homes with their violent husbands and partners says the letter ...

LETTER: Covid-19 could alter our lives for the better

T Markandan|Published

No one can deny the virus is deadly. But there is a positive side to the pandemic says the letter writer

LETTER: Coronavirus - Is nature culling the prolific human race?

T Markandan|Published

Could the coronavirus pandemic then be a dire warning to man not to be so cocksure of his success and importance on earth asks the letter writer

LETTER: Kudos to Tito Mboweni for taxing flashy pastors

T Markandan|Published

Everyone was expecting personal tax and VAT to go up. Mboweni did not do either says the letter writer.

LETTER: Sona exposes the ANC's lack of leadership

T Markandan|Published

The unceremonious opening of Parliament exposes two fundamental weaknesses in the ANC leadership argues the letter writer

LETTER: Is Jacob Zuma and Zandile Gumede birds of a feather?

T Markandan|Published

Gumede says disgraced former president Jacob Zuma is her role model says the letter writer

LETTER: The Boks winning the Rugby World Cup win can unite our nation

T Markandan|Published

Though the Rugby World Cup final won?t be fought with guns and cannons, it will be a fierce, war-like contest, fought not only with brawn and muscle, but skill and ...

You've got to admire Zuma, the wily fox

T Markandan|Published

We rejoiced, we celebrated and eagerly waited for the trial to begin. But it was not to be. Zuma had another card up his sleeve.

LETTER: Gandhi lives on in every SA Indian

T Markandan|Published

In India, October 2 is a public holiday, and to mark his birthday, the Indian government released commemorative coins.

LETTER: More stores should go off-grid and green with solar panels

T Markandan|Published

A letter writer says he went Makro in Springfield Park the other day and was pleasantly surprised to see that it was using green energy to produce electricity

LETTER: Shocking stories from our state hospitals horrify us

T Markandan|Published

Several appalling and shocking incidents at state hospitals have given us insight into what goes on inside these institutions says the letter writer

LETTER: Heads should roll at our sick state hospitals

T Markandan|Published

Serious maladministration, unprofessional and unethical conduct and gross ill-treatment of patients who are at the mercy of medical staff, argues the letter writer ...

LETTER: Spare a thought for the sardines who face a three-pronged attack

T Markandan|Published

As the sardines move up the coast to their spawning grounds, they run the gauntlet of numerous predators, all waiting to feast on this yearly gourmet meal

Mayor Zandile Gumede has won respect of citizens for dumping Zuma music deal

T Markandan|Published

You have won the respect and support of the citizens. I hope you do the same with other city officials who abuse public funds writes T Markandan of Silverglen

China's Africa expansion does not benefiting SA

T Markandan|Published

As China expands, it's not our economy which grows, but unemployment and poverty writes T Markandan of Silverglen

The Guptas cannot escape their karma

T Markandan|Published

They have done so much harm to the country. Racist Julius Malema thinks we are all like the avaricious Guptas writes T Markandan

So wasteful think before dumping food

T Markandan|Published

It?s disgusting to see so much good food, some of it untouched, go to waste on cruise liners.