A New Class Of Political Analyst

by | Oct 19, 2009 | Newsletters

Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s Online LetterMy dear friends and fellow South Africans,Last July America’s fabled National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) news anchorman, Walter Cronkite, passed away. He was 92. Cronkite was to me, like millions of Americans and...

The Palestinian Dispute

by | Oct 9, 2009 | Newsletters

Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s Online LetterMy dear friends and fellow South Africans,On Monday evening, I was a guest of the Palestinian Ambassador at Pretoria’s State Theatre. It was a glorious evening and we enjoyed the haunting traditional music evoking the...

“Where is this Rainbow Nation?”

by | Oct 6, 2009 | Newsletters

Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s Online LetterMy dear friends and fellow South Africans,"Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow" is the title of Fleetwood Mac’s famous hit. It seems that we South African’s "don’t stop thinking about...

The Crime Statistics

by | Oct 5, 2009 | Newsletters

Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s Online LetterMy dear friends and fellow South Africans,The crime statistics published last week, once again, underlines the truth of the dictum "lies, damned lies, and statistics": part of a phrase attributed to the 19th Century...