William Saunderson-Meyer

1 week ago | citizen.co.za | William Saunderson-Meyer

Like or loathe her, it doesn’t much matter. Even at the age of 74, Helen Zille remains a force of nature and her mayoral candidacy in Johannesburg could be a political game-changer with ripples beyond the rehabilitation of a dystopian urban wasteland. Firstly, Zille’s candidacy is potentially the springboard to give the DA effective control not only of Johannesburg but also of  Tshwane and Ekurhuleni.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | William Saunderson-Meyer

2 hours agoCity Power: Multiple Johannesburg areas to experience 8-hour outages this weekThousands of Johannesburg residents across four different regions will face extended power interruptions this week as City Power conducts essential …4 hours agoHave you heard about the local job seekers platform, Spaan? Spaan is a South African job seekers platform tailored to the specific needs of people in the local job market.At the launch of this platform on 10 …

3 weeks ago | citizen.co.za | William Saunderson-Meyer

The local consensus is that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s visit to the White House was a great triumph. Overwhelming though that consensus is, it’s mistaken. The pre-trip narrative was that, firstly, the SA team would put President Donald Trump right about the “fake news” that led him to grant refugee status to Afrikaners, caused him to mistake land redress for property confiscation and led him to confuse economic transformation with racial discrimination.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | William Saunderson-Meyer

The local consensus is that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s visit to the White House was a great triumph. Overwhelming though that consensus is, it’s …

1 month ago | citizen.co.za | William Saunderson-Meyer

There was a moment when Cyril Ramaphosa might have conjured a victory. All it would have taken was a smidgeon of humanity and a teaspoonful of courage. Sadly, even so low a bar was too much for a president who invariably fails to rise to the occasion. The opportunity occurred during what the media melodramatically describes as Donald Trump’s “ambush” of the SA team. By definition, ambushes are unexpected. But you’d have to be remarkably complacent not to have anticipated this particular ambush.