Letters

The recent statement by Nelson Mandela Bay metro police deputy commissioner, advocate Andrew Moses — declaring “zero tolerance for lawlessness” —demands serious and honest reflection.

What begins as harmless entertainment often spirals into debt, academic neglect, and emotional distress.

As the ANC prepares to convene its seventh regional conference in the Nelson Mandela Bay region under the theme of building ethical leadership for sustainable organisational unity and good governance, the party finds itself at a critical juncture.

We (the Springboks) beat France with a man down (red-carded).

What an obnoxious photograph of our deputy mayor Gary van Niekerk in The Herald on October 29, grinning like a Cheshire Cat after using up another one of his nine lives he has had in his position.

It is with mixed feelings that I pen this letter having read almost two weeks ago of former Herald editor Rochelle de Kock being promoted to group head of news within Arena, and leaving for Johannesburg.

The recent opening of the KwaNobuhle bridge in Matanzima is more than just a infrastructure development.

There is much talk about ubuntu in our coun­try but the oppos­ite is more evid­ent.

As a res­id­ent of Gqe­berha, I remem­ber dur­ing the time I was com­plet­ing my degree at NMU in 2008, the main pub­lic lib­rary in Cent­ral was closed and it is still closed in 2025.

Why does it take mass protest action, coupled with the destruc­tion of prop­erty, to get a response from the ANC/EFF coali­tion gov­ern­ment?

In his 34-year career, Walmer High principal Lungia Dyani unassumingly, with great modesty and zeal, slogged in pursuit of his, and our, mission for the true emancipation of an African child so that their lives are better than that of their often despera

The ANC, to recon­nect with the masses, needs self­less, caring and high-qual­ity mem­bers and lead­ers, not the stooges of self-interest and not the queens and kings of fac­tions.

In The Herald (October 27 2025), Prof Jeke gave an account of what the potential effects are that can flow from a lowering of the repurchase rate, the rate at which banks can borrow from the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) on a short-term basis.