In essence, the education department argues that the quality of the education children receive is irrelevant, as long as someone stands in front of the class.

The internet must be used to maximise open communication and we should encourage the expansion of its use.

We will see at the end of the day. I don't like to speculate. Our goal in this election is to do better than in the last one.

Social networks are an incredible new tool which enables me to speak directly to large numbers of people. It is at the cutting edge of personal interaction around the world.

For the ANC to cry 'sabotage' the night before crucial local government elections shows just how desperate they are to disguise their incompetence and mismanagement.

The DA is the only party in South Africa that has grown in every national election and that trend must continue, and it must accelerate, because South Africa is in a race against time to save our democracy.

Perhaps because the challenges we face in our country are so daunting, we are also tempted by shortcuts. We tell ourselves that if we invent a new acronym, or write a new empowerment charter, we can avoid some of the back-breaking work that sustained progress requires