MR. EDITOR - WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE KIDDING?

LETTER TO THE CAPE ARGUS EDITOR 

Your editorial (The year we will come of age) in the Weekend Argus (31/12/16) calls for a response.

You must be living in a parallel universe if you believe that South Africa has not descended "into the mediocrity and venality that has characterised so many other countries".  If anything,  South Africa is a role model for corruption, cronyism and looting of state resources.   In contrast, other countries seemingly enjoy at least a semblance of good governance.

A 2017 New Year's resolution would be appropriate for your newspaper:  editorialise based on fact, not fiction.