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IF 400 striking miners can intimidate 15000 non-strikers, then the 15000 don't really want to work.

WHY does TV give coverage to the likes of Julius Malema and his cronies? I have been working for 35 years and am only earning R12000 now!

MALEMA must be stopped now, before he gets out of hand again, he is dangerous!

HOW can the community of Chris Hani blame the developer for the missing material if the police arrested the culprits from the community? It's pure racism!

WITH regard to the "whites still hogging most jobs", is it just about whites and blacks? Where do the Indians and coloureds feature? It should be equal.

PUPILS do just run across Cape Road at lunchtime near Greenacres, dodging traffic. An accident is waiting to happen. No traffic cops.

DON'T focus on Shell, look at our minister of agriculture, who is going to frack up the Karoo. She will still sell our soul to the devil.

HAVE a look at Eastern Province primary schools rugby management as well – unconstitutional and in chaos!

SERENA Williams makes the WWE men look like Barbie dolls. What does she eat for breakfast? Definitely not putu pap.

PIET Naude: what a waste of time. When will the west stop wasting their charity on Africa?

WHAT a mess the Eastern Cape is in, no wonder nothing gets done.

HAD a giggle because that's "African" ethics for you!

GOOD letter, Barry Sendall, but nothing can be changed here. May I suggest some solutions? New Zealand, Australia, the United States, Canada. No doubt there are other answers.

YES, open the account now. We pensioners will also contribute our R10 to change conditions in our country of milk and honey.

TO CPK, Nelson Mandela's face on bank notes is a reminder of how humble and forgiving we humans should be, maybe resulting in a less unhappy nation.

A MATTER of fact, Mr Beydon, the people who gave Cheeky lip are all white. Drop this racist junk please.

D BEYDON, do you honestly think your letter helps the cause for which you speak? Sorry, just a different side of the same coin.

HOW does one equate humility with having six wives?

ZUMA humble? It must be April Fools' Day! No way, he doesn't know what the word means!

THANK you for the Neymar pic. Love him to bits.

PLEASE allow me to use a blunt kitchen knife to castrate the rapist of a five-year-old. No wait, all rapists.

BOKS on "learning curve": if the All Blacks beat the Boks, then they would be undisputed world champs.

THE Boks and Orlando Pirates are back to their losing ways, there is no "curve to learn".