On the anti-development agenda of the environmental lobby, he is not wrong. It is awkward to defend a politician who is likely corrupt as all get-out, and has been branded a liar by Judge Zondo, but when he’s right, he’s right. – Chris Bateman Mantashe is not wrong, you know In our world of instant, terse communication, we gather in our small, alienated tribes instead of seeking the middle ground of reason and listening. The issue is a bit like Covid-19, where misrepresenting facts has become a global pastime. Which is where the value of this story lies, although succumbing to the temptation to ‘out’ a few influential journalists. It takes courage in our ever-increasingly politically correct world to risk a deeper intellectual dive into the already muddied waters and hardened positions of public debate. Ivo Vegter, writing in the Daily Friend, is aware that the litigious and uncritically publicised ‘Save our Wild Coast’ lobby will tar him with the same brush they use for our otherwise morally shaky energy minister. The broad views of the author are not necessarily the broad views of our energy minister, but on seismic exploration off the Wild Coast and the wokeness of the green lobby, they concur.
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