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I wanted to try to really push that contrast. With that in mind getting the vocal right was really important for Number One Girl Raver. I had sketched something out and Maddy came in and really made it into something special, coming up with the harmony that I think ties it all together." - Amelia Berry "We feel more motivated to work on new music and the new VSB EP!" - Madison Van Staden <a href="https://vsbhardcore.bandcamp.com/track/number-one-girl-raver">Number One Girl Raver by Van Staden &amp; Böhm</a> 'Number One Girl Raver' is out today on major streaming services via Sunreturn. Teachers’ sense of self-efficacy has been identified by research as a key factor in the successful implementation of inclusive education. This article reports on disabling factors in South Africa that are reportedly influencing inclusive Full-Service school (FSS) teachers’ sense of self-efficacy to implement inclusive education successfully. A qualitative study, using semi-structured individual and group interviews as well as collages, was employed. It was concluded that it is important for the basic and higher education departments of education to be aware of the identified disabling factors and purposefully attempt to improve the external factors, while ensuring that FSS teachers’ capabilities are developed and sustained in in-service and pre-service teacher education. This could contribute to developing and improving their sense of self-efficacy. Volume 7 - 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2022.1009423 This article is part of the Research TopicThe role of evidence in developing effective educational inclusionView all 11 articles Introduction: Teachers’ sense of self-efficacy has been identified by research as a key factor in the successful implementation of inclusive education This article reports on disabling factors in South Africa that are reportedly influencing inclusive Full-Service school (FSS) teachers’ sense of self-efficacy to implement inclusive education successfully using semi-structured individual and group interviews as well as collages Results: The findings revealed that the disabling factors included internal and external factors Internal factors comprised a lack of knowledge and skills FSS teachers seeing themselves as a barrier They are ineffective implementation of inclusive education incompetent education department officials and managers a lack of support from the education department as well as disabling factors within the school system Negative media perceptions were also mentioned Conclusion: It was concluded that it is important for the basic and higher education departments of education to be aware of the identified disabling factors and purposefully attempt to improve the external factors while ensuring that FSS teachers’ capabilities are developed and sustained in in-service and pre-service teacher education This could contribute to developing and improving their sense of self-efficacy During the transformation teachers in these schools are usually not consulted or asked by the department of basic education if they are committed to inclusion They are simply expected to remain and teach in an inclusive manner as required by policy this research was guided by the following research question: What influences FSS teachers’ sense of self-efficacy disabling them to implement inclusive education successfully The population sample was drawn from two FSS in the Vaal Triangle area of South Africa Both schools are located in a semi-rural township with low socio-economic levels and limited resources The schools were identified as FSS by the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) The principals indicated that they were eager to be FSS because they believed in the principle of inclusion they acknowledge that many challenges remain Participants were purposively selected in terms of their suitability and convenience for the study (Creswell, 2012) These included qualified teachers currently working in the selected FSS and who were willing and committed to participate in this study because they are intended to function as fully inclusive education institutions providing quality education for all learners irrespective of disability or differences in learning style or pace Two FSS that were in close proximity to each other were selected since they are in the same socio-economic environment and therefore limited too wide a range of systemic variables Twenty eight teachers voluntarily participated in this research 14 from the first school and 14 from the second school All these participants were qualified teachers and had 5 years or more teaching experience Five of these participants had a post graduate degree specializing in learner support and two had a Masters degree in Education in specific subject fields based on qualifications and experience these participants were deemed able to provide rich data Two semi-structured focus group interviews were conducted in each of the selected schools. The groups consisted of between six to eight participants each which is confirmed by Cobern and Adams (2020) as acceptable group sizes The groups were divided into Foundation Phase (Grade 0 to 3) and Intermediate Phase (Grade 4 to 6) teachers In school A the first focus group consisted of six participants and the second of eight participants The focus groups in School B had seven participants in each group The interviews were not longer than an hour and participants were allowed to take short comfort breaks where needed Probing and prompts were used during the interviews to ensure rich and saturated data All focus group and individual interviews were audio-tape-recorded during the research process and verbatim transcribed During these interviews the following list of semi-structured questions was used: •How do you feel about teaching within an inclusive education system •What does the term teacher self-efficacy mean to you •What do you believe is disabling your sense of teacher self-efficacy within an inclusive Full-Service School the participants got the opportunity to express their feelings visually about their sense of teacher self-efficacy within an inclusive education system Ten participants voluntary (five teachers from each school) made two collages each pens and a large variety of magazines were provided by the principal researcher The participants could also use their own material if they wanted to In the first collage (collage one) they had to illustrate how they experienced their self-efficacy currently in teaching within an inclusive education system and in the second collage (collage two) how they would want their self-efficacy to be This was an individual activity and the participants were allowed to choose a venue at the schools where they felt comfortable and could not be disturbed Afterwards the participants were individually interviewed about their collages to gain insight in what they believe is disabling their sense of teacher-self-efficacy Ethics approval was gained from the Higher Education Institution under whose supervision this study was conducted Each participant also signed an informed consent letter where the purpose of the research was explained to them In this letter it was also indicated that they could withdraw from the study at any moment Confidentiality was ensured for the individual activities but it was explained that it cannot be fully guaranteed during the group interviews and the principal researcher was the only one who had contact with them during the data collection process and during member-checking The different roles of the researcher and the participants were also clarified with all the participants at the start of the research Five phases were implemented during the data analysis including organizing and preparing the data themes and sub-themes and then interpreting the data The data analysis process was guided by the research question The sub-themes of this main theme are focused on the experiences of the participants that emanate as a result of having limited knowledge and skills This was reported by the participants as having a lack of confidence in their own teaching; the teacher as a barrier him/herself; and the psychological and physical problems they experience A lack of confidence in teaching within and inclusive education system were experienced by most participants This was especially evident in the collages where the participants demonstrated negative feelings regarding inclusive education such as “confused and frustrated” (SB C7 P7) and the lack of knowledge “wondering how am I going to do it” (SB C7 P7) Participants clarified this by explaining that they still felt new in the field (inclusive education) had too little knowledge and therefore lacked confidence in their own teaching abilities This is reflected in the following quote: “Frustrated not knowing exactly what is right and I do not feel confident in my own teaching ability anymore” (SB F2 P3).” The participants reported that because they felt incompetent and inadequate to address all learners’ needs they experienced an increased sense of failing these learners This resulted in making them feel like being the barrier themselves because I do not know to handle all the barriers and I feel like I’m failing my learners I’m failing at my task to teach” (SA I3 P3) All the participants declared that they are keen to help learners but despite being willing and attempting to provide support they still felt incompetent to address diverse needs: “I am trying my very best I can see that I cannot reach them like they are supposed to be reached you know” (SA F1 P1) Participants asserted that their lack of knowledge and skills influenced their mental and physical health negatively One participant described it as follows: “I do not feel healthy anymore I’m failing at my task to be a good teacher” and “I really feel stressed and drained because I know so little about inclusive education and I do not know what to do for the first time in my life and I think all teachers are very stressed I mean you can check in every teacher’s handbag there will always be pills and other medication that they need to take for headache or depression continuously to cope” (SB F2 P1) Factors disabling teachers’ self-efficacy as influenced by the DBE resulted in five sub-themes These include ineffective implementation of inclusive education; inadequate training; incompetent departmental leaders/managers; a lack of support and acknowledgement; and curriculum constraints Most participants revealed that the way in which the Department of Basic Education (DBE) commenced and implemented inclusive education are ineffective This is summarized in the following statement: “It was not effectively done we still do not know how to make use of effective inclusion strategies” (SA F1 P4) Training was affirmed by all the participants as an important prerequisite for enhancing their sense of self-efficacy since this leads to increased knowledge and skills which they felt can improve confidence in their own ability This is reflected in the following assertion of a participant: “When we get enough training we feel more empowered to practice inclusion and therefore we must get more opportunities to go for training.” Nevertheless it was strongly emphasized that the training they do receive from the DBE was not adequate enough: “the department expects us to implement without proper training” (SB F1 P6) The participants also mentioned that leaders or managers do not always seem competent to provide support As one participant stated: “Even the districts officials there are those those who are appointed there not knowing most of the things and if you go to them and you need help they are unavailable and if you find them they say no you do not do that She or he will give you the wrong information” (SB F2 P1) This resulted in many participants trying to find information on their own because they believed that they were not given the correct information and as a result it seems that mistrust develops between teachers and District officials This is affirmed in the following opinion of a participant: “Then you have to go through the documents and you google on your own and then get the correct thing your facilitator did not tell you the correct thing All the participants concluded that support from the DBE does not only need to be increased One participant declared: “The department must support us more and the way they are helping should be better” (SA F1 P2) Another one confirmed that an effective support system is needed: “If we can have a support system that is effective within the education system in schools” (SA F2 P1) The prescribed curriculum assessment policy statements (CAPS) seem to place constraints on the participants to be flexible in their teaching because it does not allow time to make modifications for learners who struggle continuous curriculum changes that took place from 1997 results in feeling of uncertainty This is affirmed by one participant’s claim: “Because if they have a system a consistent system you are going to have confidence you can do it But if the system keeps on changing from time to time like you see this year we are doing this and then you do CAPS and next time you are doing another thing I think that there are also a lot of changes if the system is not consistent it will also cause people not to know exactly what they are doing Those changes that are coming up from time to time they also make you as a teacher to unsure of what you are doing” (SB F2 P1) Factors that have been reported as disabling teachers’ self-efficacy from within the school system involved the school management Most participants reported a need for acknowledgement being valued and experiencing trust from the school management team One participant summarized it as follows: “It’s not easy to be a teacher But at least if in the management of the school somebody will acknowledge if you put more effort into your work in very few instances where you will find somebody acknowledging that at least I can see what you are doing” (SB F2 P13) The participants also emphasized the lack of support which adds to the challenge of implementing inclusive education One participant commented: “Inclusion is very hard for us when we do not get any support it really makes your job very difficult we cannot do this on our own” (SB F1 P3) Another participant asserted that they do not have psychologists and other human resources available which causes negativity toward inclusive education “And maybe one other thing that makes me to feel this negative about inclusion is about the lack of resources Because I have seen school who have so many things like psychologies which we do not have at our school” (SA F1 P1) Participants reported that help from professionals such as doctors psychologist and social workers need to be increased They explained that inclusion policies require them to work with these health professionals but asserted that there have to be more of these services available for learners as well as teachers: “The policy says we must work with doctors and professionals to help us with the learners but there must be more of these available to us for assistance with our job and our personal health” (SB I6 P6) Peer relations between teachers also seemed to influence teachers’ sense of self-efficacy Most participants reported that their colleagues who teach with them in the same school were on different paths regarding the implementation of inclusive education This is evident in the following comment of a participant: “With the school I do not see that we are not on the same path they are still puzzled and confused on how to implement inclusive education And you know some other thing with their colleagues some people do not feel free to come and ask or to share ideas if they knew he or she decides to just go on with the wrong thing in their classroom” (SA F1 P1) These different paths made the participants feel that they are working in isolation which creates a negative attitude as well as demotivation to implement inclusive education One participant explained: “A colleague working in isolation and functioning in his own world and who do not share the common world philosophy belief with other teachers it makes us negative discouraged” (SA F2 P3) It was also emphasized by other participants in the following statements: “We have to realise that we need each other to be better teachers to improve our education in South Africa and inclusion for all You cannot just do it on your own” and “As a teacher I must play my cards openly not closed you are going to be there to share and gain knowledge and will make me mature as a teacher” (SA F2 P14) Parental involvement also clearly stood out as a problem as evident in the following affirmation: “We really need the parents to be part of the learners’ education” (SB I6 P6) Participants asserted that parents are uninvolved and do not attend parent meetings This is confirmed in statements such as: “That’s the other thing With parents I’m so glad that the department of education took it further that they need to involve parents I do not know why but they are still not giving us their participation” (SA F1 P3) When learners display behavior and discipline problems participants particularly expressed that they need the support of parents it was also acknowledged by the participants that parent support is a complex issue grandparents take care of the children or parents working long hours leave their children with unrelated caregivers Overcrowded classes have been emphasized as a major cause of adding to the participants feeling ineffective because they feel they cannot give attention to all the learners I think the other problems we are facing as teacher is the ratio you find that in some classes it is 1 is to 60 the teacher has to teach 60 learners in one class so that is impossible to give your full notice to all and it’s also a factor that is contributing maybe a lack of our effectiveness” (SB F1 P2) External factors that discouraged teachers’ self-efficacy that were identified included the media and disrespect as well as false perceptions by society Continuous negative comments by the media instead of recognizing important contributions of teachers’ work and effort This is evident in the following statement: “Sometime the media always criticises teachers when they talk about the negative things about the teachers and so they are demotivating us as educators So most of the time they do not show the quality things they always show negative things that have been done by the teachers so when you look at the media always it see negative things about the teacher you become demotivated so we need positive affirmation” (SB F1 P3) Fallacious perceptions by society in general about teachers as mentioned by one participant: “teaching is an easy course or a half day job” appear to demoralize the participants and make them feel as if they are “not trusted and respected by the community learners or country.” The following participant affirmed that: “it is like our profession is nothing why cannot they change their perception of teachers and realise that it is a full time because you always take work home” (SB F2 P4) It seems evident from the findings that there are certain critical factors resulting in disabling Full-Service school teachers’ sense of self-efficacy in teaching within an inclusive FSS who found that many DBST’s and School Based Support Teams (SBST) are not functioning efficiently limited available professional support services such as psychologists and other health professionals frustrate the participants They asserted a dire need for the availability of such human resources since they believe they are not able to provide all the expert support that some disabilities require This seems to add to teachers’ feelings of demotivation and despondency A lack of resources was reported as a major factor that disable teachers in their attempts to implement inclusive education effectively The absence of resources such as adapted physical facilities for learners with physical disabilities or teaching aids for learners with visual place an extra burden on teachers and could create stress for both the learner and the teacher in an inclusive classroom for this to materialize opportunities have to be purposefully created where teachers could talk and interactively learn from one another Interactive interpersonal opportunities can involve open discussions where teachers talk and effectively learn from one another where strengths in one another are identified and encouragement from other colleagues is given and received This could contribute to personal development and the enhancement of self-efficacy Overcrowded classrooms are seen by the participants as an elemental factor in disabling teachers’ self-efficacy to effectively implement inclusive education. South African school classrooms are overpopulated (Matsepe et al., 2019) It is consequently difficult for teachers to manage class discipline while also dealing with every learner’s learning needs The participants reported that in order to support learners who experience barriers to learning they will give these learners more attention and as a result neglect the other learners They will then feel as if they themselves are the barrier to those learners who learn faster are primary causes of teacher demotivation how much effort is expended on an activity and how long people will persevere when confronting stumbling blocks The original contributions presented in the study are publicly available. 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If you prefer WhatsApp for updates, sign up to the BizNews channel here “We need municipal authorisation,” is a common line heard from community organisers that on its face appears innocuous but might increasingly hold deadly consequences. What will it take for South Africans to break free of the psychological hold the state has on us Our self-righteousness has a severe social cost that is not always immediately evident into our thinking about the future of South Africa In early April, a Randburg delivery-bike rider was killed after the car in front of him had to brake to avoid a pothole forcing him to swerve into oncoming traffic councillors and residents expressed their outrage at the Johannesburg municipality been known for some time to members of the community who would have had to edge through or past it on their morning and afternoon commutes until that one person had to give up his life before any tangible action was taken Shaking our fists at the municipality brings no comfort to the family of the deceased. Taking tangible steps to avoid this ever happening again might just spare other families a similar tragedy My daily route to work takes me past what has been dubbed Johannesburg’s “largest sinkhole” − I have had the privilege of trying to skirt the hole twice a day – which motorists have watched grow in size in real time On two occasions – separated by months – I have seen municipal officials staring forlornly into the hole before getting back in their vehicles and driving off after a “job well done” but I have thankfully developed something of an aversion to holding the children and invalids who staff South Africa’s organs of state to any substantive standards The real frustration is with the lack of community action has explained in detail what needs to be done to fix the hole permanently The municipality will bring in private contractors anyway to fix the hole if it ever deigns to take action – so why does the local community not take the initiative could wipe out a whole car or taxi full of people Bike riders will literally just disappear into it without a soul being any the wiser it is just an example of municipal lackadaisicalness about which the community fumes but it might become a symbol of true tragedy unless the those who live in the surrounding area adopt a different posture Not all service delivery questions are directly life-or-death matters A large part of Centurion recently spent two weeks in darkness because arsonists burned down the Brakfontein substation this key piece of infrastructure upon which tens of thousands rely for virtually everything was left entirely unguarded As if safety and security in Gauteng is interchangeable with Zürich or Taipei after the repairmen clocked off for the day community members reported that the workers had “forgot[ten] to lock” the substation is: “How can the municipality be so reckless?!” It should instead be: How could the community be so reckless The Mayor of Tshwane and her mayoral team are all wealthy at the expense of residents and very likely have advanced taxpayer-funded generators complete with an endless supply of diesel so shaking our fists at them hoping to provoke a response exposes us – not them – as being foolish Perish the thought that Tshwane will secure the Brankfontein substation after it has been fully repaired The only question is: Will the Brakfontein substation from now on be guarded by community security officers What I have discovered to be the barrier between action and inaction are South Africa’s world-class community organisers Usually – though this is by no means a rule – they come in the form of a middle-aged woman whose seeming day job is to solve problems for her neighbours From spearheading the search for missing pets these women are the de facto mayors of many South African suburbs Community organisers are the absolute backbone of any effort to pull local South Africa out of its current malaise They have developed a skillset that very few of us I and many others would be willing to play our part – financial or otherwise – in initiatives to tangibly solve municipal woes who are necessary for any initiative to function at scale (and scale is key) If community organisers are – as they regrettably are – preoccupied with the whims of municipal authorities when it suits them (then outraged at the municipalities when it does not) they play an important role in encouraging Many of us have witnessed communities proposing to take some kind of action only for this linchpin organiser to scuttle the initiative with those four dangerous words: “We need municipal authorisation.” In the name of remaining so-called “law-abiding citizens,” these people and the bulk of their wider communities have outsourced their welfare entirely to political whim They have likely – implicitly – been raised to answer the question that I posed in the title of this column – “How many must die in the name of your being ‘law-abiding’?” – with “everyone” Many South Africans believe the highest moral virtue in society is to obey the dictates of the political elite whether it was the National Party of the past But if our whole public ethic is premised on what some politician or bureaucrat scribbles on a piece of paper we must admit that we live in a fundamentally sick society Without community organisers uncoupling themselves emotionally from the (holy) state people will continue to die perfectly avoidable deaths and struggling local economies will continue to lose millions of rands in perfectly avoidable damage to their domestic infrastructure and businesses Public infrastructure orders of magnitude more so when done through community effort than it would be for lone individuals communities have built things – big and expensive things – for thousands of years without shrugging that responsibility off for the political class to abuse But smugly shouting into the ether that “it is the responsibility of the municipality!” solves nothing the comrades and cadres will only chuckle and continue to eat we are shaking it at our own neighbours – who find themselves in the same boat we are in– and telling them with righteous indignation, that we will do nothing I certainly do not want to rob anyone of their self-righteousness in this respect But our righteousness does not automatically translate into tangible solutions on our roads or at our electricity substations take a moment to rage at the municipality and say your piece *Martin van Staden is the Head of Policy at the Free Market Foundation and former Deputy Head of Policy Research at the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) This article was first published by Daily Friend and is republished with permission. Critics argue the DA lacks the ideological guardrails to resist ANC co-option From fiscal irresponsibility to centralisation this shift reflects a broader acceptance of ANC-defined "reality" over DA values Martin van Staden warns that the DA's compromises threaten South Africa's economic and political future and adherence to liberal principles in governance Sign up for your early morning brew of the BizNews Insider to keep you up to speed with the content that matters. The newsletter will land in your inbox at 5:30am weekdays. Register here By Martin van Staden* the erstwhile Democratic Party (DP) campaigned on a motto of "Freedom Federalism." Today – when those three things are arguably more important than ever – the DP's successor while its 3.5 million voters watch in horror I first warned about the significant pitfalls of a coalition between the DA and the African National Congress (ANC) in November 2022 but it was clear that some people were gearing up for mischief From that day up to the day after the 2024 general election I kept warning – primarily in these pages – that this coalition would be a bad idea because the DA did not and does not have the ideological guardrails necessary to protect itself from being co-opted into the agenda of the bigger I therefore should not have been disappointed when the DA deputy finance minister, Ashor Sarupen, announced his own co-option in Business Day ("Change is an evolution, not a revolution, says deputy finance minister Sarupen") The headline of the interview with Sarupen already signals to South Africans desperate for the country to be pulled out of the pit into which ANC public policy has thrown it To speak of fiscal responsibility in terms of "revolution vs evolution," or "radicalism vs gradualism," is misguided We are not talking about constitutional change we are talking about reducing the pay of underworked civil servants and sending other civil servants – who do "jobs" that should not be done at taxpayer expense – home We are talking about privatising luxuries like the South African Post Office and the South African Broadcasting Corporation We are talking about having something smaller than a behemoth 77-member Cabinet (ministers and deputies) This is not "revolution" – it is "prudence." Sarupen's appeal to the "complexities of government" that the opposition ostensibly does not understand is without foundation All the "complexities" in South African public policy are not inherent in the nature of government They are simply the policy preferences (or the consequences thereof) of the ANC It is not a cosmic given that unionised public-school teachers whom one would be lucky to find sober and working on any given day must continue to be employed at unjustifiable expense to the taxpayer It is not written in the skies that taxpayers must lose their medical tax credits to try to pay for a plainly unaffordable ill-destined vanity project like National Health Insurance Read more: Ex-mayor Brink criticises ActionSA's coalition, warns of ANC-EFF influence in Tshwane It has nothing to do with "magic levers" (to use Sarupen's words) but simply following the clear guidelines offered by the DA's own classical liberal values and the experience of free markets all around the world "Cut all at once" – which then apparently "sucks demand out of the economy and damages growth" – is also being used as a shorthand by Sarupen in a way that (he knows) misrepresents the classical liberal approach which he also calls a "slash and burn" approach Economist Russell Lamberti sets the record straight: That Sarupen claims to have supported the classical liberal perspective now causes some doubt No serious free marketeer has advocated for "just" cutting at random The low-hanging fruits have been pointed out ad nauseam to government and government has ignored this ad nauseam The inclusion of so-called "reformers" in government clearly has not helped matters along He says that he "reached a point where ideology meets a healthy dose of reality." Quite an unfortunate choice of words because what he describes as a "healthy dose of reality" is euphemistic for "the premises the ANC has put in place over 30 years of misgovernance."  That a DA deployee in government would describe his own party's (sensible reality-based) free market policy preferences as "ideology" – though this is not incorrect – but the ANC's (destructive fantastical) statist policy preferences as "reality" is revealing Sarupen's new ANC colleagues whom he speaks of in glowing terms do not embrace "reality." They reluctantly concede to reality when it is impossible not to have not lost their ideological commitment to statism – Masondo is the Second Deputy General Secretary of the Communist Party after all – and yet it appears that Sarupen seems to have abandoned his commitment to liberalism What is occurring in South Africa now should not be interpreted as a benign discourse about which economic model South Africa should choose going forward The "reality" is that the existing old ANC model has practically destroyed the economy and continues to wreak havoc every day That Sarupen chooses to speak of "national interests" as opposed to "party interests," and that National Treasury ostensibly seeks to "get things done" rather than "making it about politics," speaks to a harmful culture the DA itself has sought to cultivate When the DA decided to be a liberal party that advocates a freer market vision for the economy it did not do so because this was in "the party's interest" rather than in "the national interest" or that it was "politics" and not "getting things done."  it decided that free markets are good for the public interest and that free markets are the best way to "get things done" in society as opposed to the ANC's destructive and corrupt "developmental statism." News24 reported on 25 October that the Western Cape Minister of Education had a run-in with his colleagues (read carefully not "superiors") on the central Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Basic Education accused Maynier of "absconding" when the committee (again a committee of the central parliament) visited schools presumably under the jurisdiction of the provincial education department Maimela was very unhappy that Maynier and his "entire department" did not engage with the committee apparently due to another meeting he was having with the Western Cape Provincial Treasury Maimela raked Maynier over the coals for daring to refer to the Western Cape Provincial Constitution – the highest provincial law – to explain why his title is "Minister of Education" and not "MEC for Education" as in the other provinces Committee members were very confused that the Western Cape Provincial Government (and presumably various churches throughout the country) could call their senior executives "ministers." The ANC's brain-dead understanding of politics dictates that "minister" is a title only to be used by "important national people."  or Maimela (the News24 article makes it unclear) rejected the provincial constitution and said "There are MECs and there are ministers on [sic] the national department Read more: 🔒 John Matisonn: Voters love the GNU – here's the proof Maimela thereafter did say that she was unable to comprehend that two people could have a similar designation and that it was all "a bit confusing" to her When she attends intergovernmental conferences with various "presidents," "kings," and "prime ministers" in attendance she must be practically beside herself with perplexity The problem here is not the ANC's foundational misapprehension about how government and law works, or about South Africa being a federation (it is) He said that he is "entirely neutral between the term MEC and minister." and it did not even satisfy the ANC as Maynier calculated it would Maimela laid into him for daring to not make himself available to her committee – despite the fact that he (according to section 114(2) of the national Constitution) is accountable to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament – another designation the chairperson will have an issue with It is good that Maynier is reporting Maimela to Parliament conducted himself as though he were her subordinate He even went on to say that the argument over his title was "petty politicking" and that actually he did not really care There is no point in arguing about whether the proposed budget cuts to education These two issues exist on separate reservations of politics One is neither more nor less important than the other But if Maynier was immersed in the DA's (perhaps ostensible) dedication to federalism he would have called the chairperson to order and insisted that he be called by his legal This is what would happen in any other mature federation in the world If a committee in the federal House of Representatives in the United States called the Secretary of Education of an American state to testify before it and the House kept misrepresenting the Secretary's role and function under their own state constitution that Secretary would have insisted on being accurately addressed They would have made it clear that they were appearing before the House as a colleague and that their accountability mechanism is to their own state legislature and their own state governor They do not work for the House or the federal government and they do not owe the House the time of day They should be addressed with the respect they are due and they will not engage further until proper decorum is observed Maynier should not have said he has no preference either way about what his designation is He should have said his preference – his insistence – is to be accorded the respect of being called by the title that the highest provincial law in the province he serves has bestowed upon him In July I wrote that the GNU was a great opportunity for the DA and South Africa's other (ostensible) federalists to finally prove their dedication to federalism Those who defend this kind of conduct from Sarupen and Maynier always answer with some variation of: "it's tough in practical politics A DA politician even emailed me some months ago and called me a "keyboard warrior," trying to create the impression that he was a coalminer or nuclear physicist – when the reality is that he is simply a different kind of keyboard warrior is that those of us who insist on free markets and federalism (as the DA used to) somehow think "it's easy," when that has never been the claim Achieving liberal policy ends has never (ever) been easy and it is not going to start being easy now Whether it is "complex" or "simple," "difficult" or "easy," is beside the point The point is that it is imperative – which is something the DA should have ipso facto agreed with when it decided to be South Africa's liberal federalist party It should not fall to me or others to convince the DA to be what it claims to be It should not be necessary to convince Sarupen that fiscal responsibility (and a state that operates within its means) is imperative rather than merely an optional alternative to a state that spends recklessly It should not be necessary to convince Maynier that he must have a healthy level of irreverence when he represents his provincial constituents against a hostile central government in a federal dispensation Tenderly trying to avoid coming to the clear conclusion – by saying this is some form of "4D chess" or "a long game" – about the causes of this backsliding is counterproductive The fact seems to be that the DA is in the foreseeable and foreseen process of co-option by a stronger and more Machiavellian opponent This guarantees stability and a slightly lower temperature of politics but also means we will continue to live under the same ANC policy that has done so much harm In 2019, when the Mmusi Maimane era ended, it was said that the classic liberals had won out over the social democrats in the DA is being purposefully and consciously abandoned and this time I cannot blame the social democrats I have to blame the party's classical liberals who seem to have fully – and potentially finally – succumbed to the short-termist intellectual disease known as "pragmatism." I told my colleagues that I would be content if the DA were to publicly say that they are prepared to compromise on anything (even their values) so long as that keeps the Economic Freedom Fighters and uMkhonto weSizwe out of government because it would make sense at least at some level We are playing a game of "guess the DA you'll get today" and I fear we might play this all the way up to and including the next two elections it is acceptable to make the argument that "the DA should abandon its values because there is a higher value at stake." But that conversation cannot be one-sided The DA must say that that is what it is doing it must be said) to keep up the appearance that it is a liberal and federal alternative to the ANC and it is doing so at the very moment it is openly embracing the ANC's fiscal imprudence and centralisation *Martin van Staden is the Head of Policy at the Free Market Foundation and former Deputy Head of Policy Research at the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) This article was first published by Daily Friend and is republished with permission Support South Africa's bastion of independent journalism, offering balanced insights on investments, business, and the political economy, by joining BizNews Premium. 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The system by which the Netherlands taxes capital gains was changed in 2024 following a Supreme Court which said it breached the European Convention of Human Rights – and no wonder the Netherlands would essentially assume a level of growth based on your net worth and guess your capital growth that year and tax you accordingly This meant that if you were a low risk investor who favoured lower growth in exchange for predictable returns you were likely to be taxed more than you should It also meant that if you were a high-risk investor who had fluctuating returns year to year there could be years you lose money through investment but still have to pay tax as if you’d earned money Changes had to be made and the government plans to introduce a system of actual capital gains tax which taxes individuals on actual growth by 2027 although this is likely to be pushed back to 2028 The new system they wish to introduce is likely to be based more on the German style capital gains taxation which taxes the unrealised growth each year In the UK you only pay capital gains tax when you sell an asset you are taxed based on the growth of assets you own which can lead to some investors being forced to sell assets Until an actual capital gains system is created the Netherlands has introduced temporary bridging legislation It still assumes growth on assets but now divides your assets into three categories: Bank deposits Bank deposits are assumed to grow by 1.44% investments are assumed to grow by 5.88% and your debts owed are expected to grow by 2.62% To explain why this is a really bad idea I want to talk about one of the many consequences of this legislation – the impact on bonds Bonds and fixed interest savings accounts both return a fixed interest They function similarly but I traditionally prefer bonds because they allow you to sell them with no penalty and provide protection against market crashes (you can sell them when stocks fall The Dutch government wants people to buy Dutch government bonds bonds are classed as investments with assumed growth of 5.88% and savings accounts are classed as bank deposits with an assumed growth of 1.44% which means that bonds are taxed roughly 4 times more than savings accounts Dutch government bonds return 2.09% – 2.72% annually yet the government will assume a growth of 5.88% on those bonds and tax individuals up to 36% of that growth investing in bonds will cost you 1.6% more of your total investment than keeping the money in a checking account if you invested in 6-month Dutch government bonds which yield 2.09% the government can tax you up to 2.11% on the value of those bonds That means you could conceivably be paying more money than you make to lend money to the government The bridging regulation punishes bondholders which is something no government wants to do This is one of numerous examples of dire consequences created by the bridging legislation In the meantime, what should you be doing? I’m hosting some webinars and seminars this year to educate people on understanding the bridging legislation and how to take advantage of it by making clever investment decisions Staden Financial Management was established to give great advice with integrity We are committed to never accept commissions from funds to recommend them to our clients Although a very common practice in the industry I’ve always felt that this is a conflict of interest that puts the client last Our clients come to us because they want to protect their assets I’m making a promise that what I’m recommending is what I believe is best for them I turn people away when I felt that they could find a better option elsewhere A great example is people from the UK with missed national insurance contributions you have until April 5 2025 to top up missed national insurance contributions going back to 2006 If you are choosing between investing with me and topping up NI contributions I would be the first to tell you NI contributions should be your first choice We could not provide the Dutch News service without the generous support of our readers Your donations allow us to report on issues you tell us matter and provide you with a summary of the most important Dutch news each day Many thanks to everyone who has donated to DutchNews.nl in recent days We could not provide this service without you Please help us making DutchNews.nl a better read by taking part in a short survey own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment University of the Witwatersrand provides support as a hosting partner of The Conversation AFRICA View all partners It explores how the systematic seizure of indigenous people’s land during colonisation and apartheid reduced them from landowners to labourers The discovery of minerals – primarily gold and diamonds – in the 1880s heightened the demand for cheap black labour The 19th century saw other significant developments, including the abolition of slavery and the introduction of pass laws Pass laws required black people to carry identity documents that restricted their movement The 1913 Natives Land Act severely restricted black land ownership It prevented black people from owning or renting land in 93% of South Africa Many black farmers who had previously owned or rented land in what had been designated “white areas” were forced to become labourers on white-owned farms Or they had to move to “reserves” the state had set aside This was followed by a series of laws implementing urban segregation and expanding “native reserves” The apartheid era of formalised racial segregation, from 1948 to 1994, saw the most extreme measures of land dispossession and labour control. The creation of the homeland system relegated black South Africans to 10 economically unviable areas Black people in homelands were mostly forced to work in “white” South Africa It wasn’t until 1979 that black trade unions were allowed to register This allowed them to operate openly and bargain with employers and the government for improved wages and working conditions Trade unions served as important political actors. They increased black workers’ political voice and influence. In fact, all labour legislation before 1981 had the distinguishing feature of excluding black workers from its ambit of protection Only after apartheid ended in 1994 did efforts begin to address the legacy of land dispossession and unfair labour practices through restitution and reforms. Land reform processes have been criticised for being ineffectual Dispossession created a large pool of cheap labour for white-owned farms and industries Without access to land for subsistence or commercial farming black South Africans had little choice but to work for low wages in the capitalist economy became a tool for exerting control over these workers with its inherent element of employer control was applied to the formerly independent indigenous people now forced into wage labour The homelands ensured a continuous supply of cheap black migrant labour. This system of land deprivation and labour control not only served the economic interests of the white minority. It also reinforced racial hierarchies The socio-economic consequences continue. Black workers are still more likely to be unemployed – or in precarious work – than whites The legacy of land dispossession and labour control continues to shape South Africa’s social It’s a critical consideration in efforts to build a more just and equitable society This history has created deep-rooted economic disparities. The concentration of land ownership and wealth in the hands of the white minority remains largely intact, perpetuating socio-economic inequality The ongoing struggle for land restitution and reform is directly linked to this history Addressing the legacy of dispossession is crucial for economic justice and social stability Understanding this history is essential for developing effective policies to address poverty, unemployment and uneven development It is also vital for national reconciliation and building a more equitable society It underpins current debates about social justice reparations and the transformation of economic structures The historical link between land loss and subjugation by means of the controls inherent to the contract of employment makes land reform a necessary first step to reversing this process The government has put in place formal mechanisms to halt racialised land ownership land restitution and reform programmes need to be enhanced and accelerated They should include restoring land rights where possible and providing support for sustainable land use This would address both the economic and emotional aspects of historical dispossession Legislation such as the Labour Relations Act and the Employment Equity Act have done much to strengthen protections for workers’ rights particularly for those in precarious employment situations the ways in which these laws continue to endorse a global north conception of the employment relationship Targeted economic development initiatives are needed in historically disadvantaged areas These could include infrastructure development and support for small businesses to create economic opportunities These remedial policies should be part of an all-encompassing strategy to address historical injustices and create a more equitable South African society Vodacom Bulls loose forward Marco van Staden believes that the experience of test rugby will see his teammate Cameron Hanekom achieve new heights and continue to grow over the coming months And with a massive forwards battle expected when they open their Investec Champions Cup season against English side Saracens on Saturday Van Staden is expecting a test-like battle up front for ascendancy The Springbok flanker is likely to be with fellow Boks Elrigh Louw and Hanekom for the game and come up against a Saracens pack that includes England international Ben Earl and Argentinian key player Juan Martin Gonzalez both of whom have been exceptional at test level as well as the will to win is what is firing the Bulls at the moment playing Saracens at home is always a challenge on its own I think they're very good tactically when they play at home the two forward backs are going to have a nice battle in the evening,” Van Staden said from the team’s base in London “Our training has been going well and we believe we have prepared well We have to prepare to the best of our abilities.” Van Staden said that Hanekom’s experience in making his test debut v Wales and becoming a Bok would do him well coming back to the Bulls and spoke of his teammate’s excitement at getting into the Green and Gold it was a massive privilege and honour making his debut for the Springboks and I believe he definitely deserves it he's learned a lot that he can bring and add to his game He's very excited to be back at the Bulls as well and keep doing what he's been doing that's the reason he got the call-up to the Springboks it's going to be a nice battle on Saturday Van Staden said there shouldn’t be any confusion about the importance of the Champions’ Cup I don't think there should be any confusion Any competition the Bulls participate in is very important So this is just as important as the URC and if not bigger because you compete against two more countries,” he explained We definitely don't take any competition we participate in lightly Any competition the Bulls team participates in “It goes up to almost test level because there's so many 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guilty of embezzlement and conflict of interest by a court in Kortrijk (West Flanders) Mr Vanderjeugd faced prosecution for suspect real estate transactions during his time as mayor In addition to a 1-year suspended prison sentence Francesco Vanderjeugd has been fined 24,000 euro and banned from public office for 10 years A sum of 178,000 euro was also confiscated by the court Mr Vanderjeugd was mayor of the West Flemish municipality of Staden from 2013 to 2024 He became mayor aged just 24 and was the youngest mayor in the  country He combined his position as mayor with running a barbershop Mr Vanderjeugd was also a member of the Flemish Parliament for the Flemish liberals between 2014 and 2019 Francesco Vanderjeugd bought some land in the municipality The land was earmarked for a future construction project and as mayor Mr Vanderjeugd had knowledge of that project prior to purchasing the land This was knowledge that other purchasers didn’t have The prosecution said that this allowed him to resell the land at a much higher profit The court said as he was mayor at the time Mr Vanderjeugd he “participated in meetings about the redevelopment of the area where the land is located” In July 2018 Francesco Vanderjeugd bought a house with land and warehouse for 300,000 euro he sold that property to a construction company for 585,000 euros he bought two houses through an intermediary for 222,000 and 260,000 euro respectively The intermediary had also tried but failed to push down the price of one of those houses with an appraisal report obtained from the municipal authority The former MP has always denied any insider trading Mr Vanderjeugd said he had acted as private citizen and not as mayor and that he had just done his best to avoid any semblance of a conflict of interest the court thought differently and convicted him of embezzlement and conflict of interest Etzebeth’s promotion to the starting XV sees flanker Marco van Staden being drafted onto the replacements’ bench Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus decided to make the late change to the match-23 on Friday morning and said he had full faith in Van Staden to make a valuable impact off the bench after being a regular member of the squad all season “We feel for Jean as it would have been his first Test since the Rugby World Cup final last year but Marco is also a Rugby World Cup winner and has been with the squad all season and he has also been training with the squad all week and throughout the tour so it was a logical choice for him to start on the bench,” said Erasmus The match kicks off at 19h40 (SA time) and will be broadcast live on SuperSport Updated Springbok team to face Wales in Cardiff: 15 – Aphelele Fassi (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 10 caps 30 points (6t)14 – Cheslin Kolbe (Suntory Sungoliath) – 39 caps 5p)13 – Jesse Kriel (Canon Eagles) – 78 caps 90 points (18t)12 – Damian de Allende (Wild Knights) – 86 caps 55 points (11t)11 – Kurt-Lee Arendse (Vodacom Bulls) – 23 caps 85 points (17t)10 – Jordan Hendrikse (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 1 cap 1p)9 – Jaden Hendrikse (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 19 caps 8 – Jasper Wiese (Urayasu D-Rocks) – 33 caps 10 points (2t)7 – Elrigh Louw (Vodacom Bulls) – 12 caps 60 points (12t)5 – Franco Mostert (Honda Heat) – 77 caps 15 points (3t)4 – Eben Etzebeth (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 130 caps 30 points (6t)3 – Wilco Louw (Vodacom Bulls) – 15 caps 0 points2 – Johan Grobbelaar (Vodacom Bulls) – 2 caps 0 points1 – Thomas du Toit (Bath) – 22 caps 16 – Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears) – 75 caps 105 points (21t)17 – Gerhard Steenekamp (Vodacom Bulls) – 10 caps 0 points18 – Vincent Koch (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 60 caps 0 points19 – Marco van Staden (Vodacom Bulls) – 24 caps 10 points (2t)20 – RG Snyman (Leinster) – 39 caps 10 points (2t)21 – Cameron Hanekom (Vodacom Bulls) – uncapped22 – Cobus Reinach (Montpellier) – 38 caps 70 pts (14t)23 – Handre Pollard (Leicester Tigers) – 79 caps Springbok captain Siya Kolisi shared some inspiring words with the future stars of South African rugby when he visited t.. 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Springbok Sevens head coach Philip Snyman has included 10 players who have tasted glory at the Emirates Dubai 7s in his first squad for the new HSBC SVNS season which will kick off in the UAE next weekend Springbok fullback Aphelele Fassi was adamant that he would continue giving everything he can on the field to maintain his place in the Springbok squad after seeing very little action for the national team in the three years since he made his Test debut in 2021 Former Springbok lock and SA 'A' head coach Johan Ackermann will return to South Africa after seven years abroad to add his considerable experience to the Junior Springbok squad in the capacity as coaching consultant Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus decided to rest prop Ox Nche for Saturday’s Test against Wales in Cardiff which will see a front-row reshuffle with Wilco Louw returning to the starting team at tighthead prop while Thomas du Toit will move to loosehead Cape Town will yet again throw Rugby’s Biggest Party when HSBC SVNS returns to the sunny shores of the Mother City and rugby fans get to vibe their way into the record books while cheering on the Blitzboks The Springboks finished their 2024 Castle Lager Outgoing Tour with a commanding 45-12 win (half-time 26-5) over Wales at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday to conclude their UK sortie with a clean sweep of three wins Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus gave all the credit to the players as the team finished the Castle Lager Outgoing Tour with a clean sweep of victories following their win against Wales at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday Pieter-Steph du Toit cemented his place in history by becoming the first South African to be named the World Men's 15s Player of the Year for a second time while the Springbok utility forward and six of his national team-mates were included in the World Rugby Men's 15s Dream Team for 2024 at the glittering awards ceremony in Monaco on Sunday evening Springbok centre Jesse Kriel was beaming with excitement when reflecting on the Boks’ impressive 2024 season in which they won 11 of their 13 Test matches and described the year as “special” The Springbok Sevens team leave Cape Town for Dubai on Monday with a firm belief in their objectives for the new season and the knowledge that teamwork and work ethic will be non-negotiable © 2025 SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY | PICTURES © GALLO IMAGES The Vodacom Bulls suffered a major blow as they will be without their star No 8 Cameron Hanekom for their Vodacom United Rugby Championship derby against the Hollywoodbets Sharks at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday who has been a standout player for the Bulls over the past two seasons and was also named in an extended Springbok alignment camp on Friday has been struggling with a niggle and the Bulls decided to rest him for the match is the return of World Cup-winning flank Marco van Staden who joins the loose trio to replace Marcell Coetzee who captained the Bulls last week and has been stood down after failing an HIA the Bulls have named young flanker Reinhardt Ludwig as captain for the clash but the Bulls see him as a future captain and are keen to develop more leaders in their squad Ludwig was also part of a Bulls contingent invited to the Bok alignment camp while Nizaam Carr who was one of the more likely candidates for the captaincy moves to the No.8 position off the bench to fill the void On the bench Jannes Kirsten and Celimpilo Gumede return to the match day 23 while at the back Aphiwe Dyantyi will have the utility role off the bench has been the main talking point from the Bulls announcement and it will be interesting to see if they change their battle plan with the new look loose trio against a tough Sharks side that has five Springboks in their pack “Cameron has a bang on his leg,” coach Jake White said at the announcement “It’s a contusion and is just one of those things - he needs a bit of time I don’t think currently he can run full-out and then he can end up tearing a muscle so it worked out that he was sick the same week he got a bang “He got it in that first kickoff where he broke free and made the linebreak He could play with it for the rest of the game but once he cooled down and then on the airplane White said it shouldn’t be a surprise for Ludwig to captain the side I was tempted to make Nizaam captain but I’m not sure going forward with Marcell coming back and Marco now back what the combinations are going to look like going forward "I know for a fact that Reinhardt will be around for the rest of the season as well based on the fact he can play lock and flank He’s been a captain and he has the respect of the players He will be helped by Nizaam and Willie (le Roux) and guys like Harold Vorster but I’m pretty happy that he knows what we want to get out of tomorrow,” White said White said he expected the Sharks to try and run the Bulls off the park and wouldn’t be surprised if the game turned out to be open and fast at Loftus Versfeld “I’m expecting them to run from everywhere,” White said They would have seen what the Stormers did last week in trying to beat us out wide but with the team they have picked they are going to try and outrun us and it is very difficult to run if your legs are tired from running and mauling.” Christine van Staden joined Canada Life in 2015 as vice-president of group retirement services and national accounts responsible for leading the national accounts team in selling and retaining group retirement and savings business in the large case segment through the consultant channel she was appointed as the regional vice-president in the Toronto consultant office responsible for overall leadership and direction of the sales and service organization for Canada Life’s group retirement services and group benefits services in Toronto In her most recent role as regional vice-president of group customer and national accounts van Staden is accountable for all business development activity with distinct teams aligned to the private and public sectors across group benefits and group retirement services nationally Van Staden’s leadership skills were built over 32 years of experience in the pension and benefits industry Her background includes senior leadership roles as: regional vice-president of group savings and retirement at Standard Life; national director of business development outsourcing and market leader at Mercer; national practice leader in both the U.S and Canada at Hewitt Associates; and benefits consultant for executive defined contribution plans at Kimberly-Clark Corp She holds a bachelor of science (honours) degree in business management from the University of Tennessee and has achieved her pension law certification with Osgoode Hall Van Staden also serves in a leadership capacity for the Canadian Benefits and Pension Institute’s Contex Group Inc.355, Sainte-Catherine West, suite 501Montréal, QC H3B 1A5(514) 392-2009 Get our award-winning print editions of The Daily Pennsylvanian delivered to your doorstep every week The Daily Pennsylvanian is a student-run nonprofit Please support us by disabling your ad blocker on our site Elita van Staden quickly became one of the top performers of the Penn field hockey team Penn field hockey captain Reese Vogel makes her mark, even in virtual setting Revisiting the Breakout: Carmina Raquel delivered to your inbox every weekday morning The Daily Pennsylvanian is an independent, student-run newspaper. Please consider making a donation to support the coverage that shapes the University Your generosity ensures a future of strong journalism at Penn This article may contain graphic and/or adult content unsuitable for minors and sensitive readers The murder trial of a former policeman from Kariega is underway in the Gqeberha High Court 29-year-old Deswayne Van Staden is accused of killing Bernard Christoffels during a brawl over stolen electrical cables on 27 September 2022 He also faces charges of the unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition Christoffels and members of the Gerald Smith community gathered to discuss the power outages that were due to cable theft in the area The community decided to go to a dilapidated house in the area where cable thieves usually burnt cables One of the four men who burnt cables was carrying a plastic bag containing electric cables a fight ensued between Christoffels and the accused when he took the bag containing electric cables from the accused to hand it over to the police Christoffels and others then walked down the street with the accused allegedly in front of them The accused allegedly fled and Christoffels was declared dead at the scene Ricardo Jafta who was present on the day of the shooting testified that he saw Van Staden pull a firearm from his waist and shoot the deceased stating that he is certain about the shooter's identity who in turn wanted to communicate but was unable to because he bled from the mouth The witnesses made gurgling sounds in court as he recalled the evidence The court also heard how Jafta ran back home to fetch his car to take Christoffels to a hospital The police located the accused later that day in the shack he shared with his girlfriend a firearm and five live rounds of ammunition were hidden under the carpet inside the shack Christoffels died due to blood loss caused by a gunshot wound to the chest an exclusive podcast on the life of Vicki Terblanche Dive into the expansive world of motoring with Naresh Maharaj Join Mark Marshall as he shares his extraordinary encounters with everything from bees to reptiles i Use of this website constitutes acceptance of our terms and conditions and privacy policy The Vodacom Bulls will be without the services of duo Marco van Staden and Canan Moodie for the #LoftusQuarterfinal of the 2023/24 Vodacom United Rugby Championship where they take on Benetton Rugby on Saturday 8 June Moodie suffered a hand injury ruling him out in the short term which sees Sebastian de Klerk slotting into the left wing role with Sergeal Petersen forming part of the impact squad Marco van Staden remains in contention for the possible semifinal but in his absence this weekend is Nizaam Carr who starts while Jannes Kirsten completes the 5-3 impact squad which also features Akker van der Merwe Jake White says the injuries are untimely but because the side has been rotated regularly “Canan injured his hand against the Sharks last weekend and will be going for surgery today It is one of those where they will only be able to see how serious it is once they open him up It is his index finger (that is fractured) which influences his passing on top of his pinkie a few weeks ago which he has strapped before I am not sure if it will be one of those that you can strap in a couple of weeks and play but he remains unavailable this week and the next,” I hope it is not that serious so that he is ready for the Irish series.” On Marco van Staden’s status: “Marco would have been able to play had this been the last game of the season but I do not want to take the risk knowing that he is a part of the national squad and have him break down ahead of the international series Asked about the progress of Marcell Coetzee who had an operation a few weeks ago White said: “He should be back next week if all things go well.” White has assembled a front row comprising Gerhard Steenekamp Nizaam Carr lines up at open side flank with Elrigh Louw on the blind side Cameron Hanekom will do duty from eighthman the Vodacom Bulls mentor reflected: “An interesting stat is that Nizaam has been the most consistent for us at the breakdown He hasn’t given away penalties at the breakdown and has been accurate and better at open side flanker His skill set and accuracy at the breakdown - perhaps - gives us horses for courses without having to make that decision.” Embrose Papier and Johan Goosen combine once more with Kurt-Lee Arendse retained at left wing while Sebastian de Klerk runs on the right Harold Vorster (inside) and David Kriel (outside) link up at centre with Willie Le Roux at fullback On the experiences gained from previous encounters against the Italians: “I know the guys have not forgotten about the Rainbow Cup final from a few seasons back because most of the team played against them then and also two weeks ago we played against them and know how well they played in that 20-minute block when we thought we had them dead and buried.” Asked whether or not there was a temptation to start planning for the home semifinal White cautioned the excitement and called for calm heads without getting too carried away “We have got to win this weekend and only worry about the following week once we have done the job VODACOM BULLS v BENETTON RUGBY STARTING XV: 1 Marco van Staden and Canan Moodie for the #LoftusQuarterfinal of the 2023/24 Vodacom United Rugby Championship where they take on Benetton Rugby on Saturday 08 June The two teams meet at 15h30 and tickets start from R 50.00c through Ticketpro only Marco van Staden remains in contention for the possible semi-final but in his absence this weekend is Nizaam Carr who starts whilst Jannes Kirsten completes the 5-3 impact squad which also features Akker van der Merwe His skill set and accuracy at the breakdown – perhaps – gives us horses for courses without having to make that decision.” Embrose Papier and Johan Goosen combine once more with Kurt-Lee Arendse retained at left wing whilst Sebastian de Klerk runs on the right Asked whether or not there was a temptation to start planning for the home semi-final VODACOM BULLS vs BENETTON RUGBY STARTING XV: 1 MANAGEMENT: Jake White – Director of Rugby John-William Meyer – Technical Analyst Andre Volsteedt – Strength & Conditioning and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Tel: 012 420 0700 Ticket Office Fax: 012 344 1245 info@bluebull.co.za © 2025 Vodacom Bulls. Designed & Developed by Electric Pencil opposition's inability to handle ANC's conduct and upcoming municipal elections cast doubts on its sustainability The history of failed unity governments in South Africa warns against misplaced optimism advocating for a more mature approach of confidence-and-supply Here's a link to the 12 June Premium newsletter. If you like what you see subscribe here for your afternoon wrap It is remarkable how silent the commentariat is about the longevity of the now much-vaunted pitch for a 'government of national unity' (GNU) The assumption underlying almost all of the commentary is that the agreement struck this week will apply right up to the next general election in 2029 it is widely assumed that the Democratic Alliance (DA) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) will join the African National Congress (ANC) in its proposed GNU There are, in my view, at least six reasons why such a grand coalition will not last a full five-year term and should instead be rejected in favour of a confidence-and-supply 'no-alition' Politics in the central and provincial spheres of government are different from those in the rough and tumble of municipalities But it would be silly to pretend that the coalition instability we have seen in municipal councils will not reproduce itself in the other governance spheres The fact is that South Africa is not used to coalition politics and lacks the political maturity that makes them sustainable the understanding exists that radical fringe parties are persona non grata in government meaning they are not approached or even considered for coalition partners by either side of the political spectrum there is casual talk about allowing entities like the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) to take up high office is so used to being in power that the very notion of concessions or compromises seems offensive they physically protest (disruptions in legislative chambers) issue threats of force (to make the country ungovernable) and even kill (the chaos around Jacob Zuma in July 2021) But other than the robust turnover we have seen at municipal level replicating itself with the GNU in the central and provincial spheres other factors also point to a coalition held together by duct tape Read more: Ramaphosa calls for reforms as coalition deadline looms It might be true that many, perhaps most, ordinary people favour a GNU, but the strongest impetus for the GNU is coming from the local and international (big) business community If South African big business is the strongest element in the potential success of whatever plan you are cooking up, you are in trouble. In this country, political 'access' and social compacting by big business has yielded them exactly nothing of substance to press their advantage and extract significant concessions and a reassurance is usually enough to make them back down This kind of posture will not keep the ANC Business would need to get significantly more assertive first and learn to leverage its immense power in more Machiavellian fashion But no matter how much the DA embraces a marriage with its erstwhile enemy it will be unable to abandon itself so fully that it would be able to stomach ANC looting for a full term of five years This makes the DA's participation necessarily precarious and the IFP alone cannot keep the ANC in government Someone's finger will always be hovering tentatively above the 'eject' button Read more: 🔒 FT: Can the party that liberated South Africa still hold it together? the ANC is pressed into a corner – not likely but fantasise with me for a moment – that requires it to engage in real policy reform or abandon corruption That way out is perhaps best represented by the low-hanging fruit of a tie-up with the weakened EFF and the Patriotic Alliance (PA) Both of these parties have expressed their willingness to coalesce with the ANC already it will be more than happy to enter a coalition with the ANC It is well-understood that the ANC does not desire a coalition with the EFF or MK, because it would have to share patronage and perhaps risk itself being co-opted by its more energetic children. But it will necessarily prefer such a tie-up over having its leaders go to prison or for the party to be seen openly abandoning the National Democratic Revolution and MK all ultimately share blood and values morphs into whatever it needs to be from one moment to the next to secure prestige and patronage for its leaders South Africa will undergo municipal elections in 2026 which in years past primarily pitched the ANC against the DA There are rumours that the GNU agreement will include cooperation at the municipal level but it seems unlikely that either of these parties will lack an appetite to campaign against the other for the immense benefit that a win in big municipalities could represent for their future fortunes Read more: NSN: Is Zuma and MK planning another insurrection with Russian support? let us not forget that South Africa did have a government of national unity in the 1990s already and it collapsed within two years of its formation The reason it collapsed could also be the reason that this GNU will collapse: it was not really a government of national unity National unity governments are meant to make decisions on the basis of consensus between the partners It is not really a government of 'unity' if the largest partner can simply do whatever it wants the ANC rejected with contempt any suggestion that the old GNU would govern by consensus and it proceeded to overrule its partners in that coalition whenever a significant disagreement arose as consensus decision-making has not even been mooted as a necessary component of the agreement One holds out hope that the parties (whether now or in the future) will opt for confidence-and-supply rather than naïvely believing that a GNU is sustainable at this point in South Africa's political development Such a mature decision will preserve the important role that the opposition must play over the next five years and ensure certainty by keeping the ANC in power alone without being surrounded by (worse) radicals This article was originally published by Daily Friend and has been republished with permission Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors The dates displayed for an article provide information on when various publication milestones were reached at the journal that has published the article activities on preceding journals at which the article was previously under consideration are not shown (for instance submission All content on this site: Copyright © 2025 Elsevier B.V.