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A Turkish lesson for democrats everywhere
The latest snub to the rule of law in South Africa came this week with the sacking of SABC journalists by management in flagrant disregard of the ruling made by the Independent Communications Authority. It follows a litany of questionable official actions, comments and downright disregard for the judicial system, the labour laws and, in […]
Phyllis Ntantala-Jordan 1920 – 2016
July 18, 2016
One of South Africa’s great — and largely unsung — fighters against apartheid and for women’s rights died yesterday in a hospice in Taylor in the US state of Michigan. Phyllis Priscilla Ntantala-Jordan was 96. An activist, polemicist, author and academic, she tended for much of her life to be described as “Mr A. C. […]
The only antidote to public confusion
July 10, 2016
We seem today to be surrounded by much deliberate obfuscation of critical issues by official sources and, all too often, by a swirl of lies, innuendo and fear mongering. The antidote is honest journalism that encourages critical thinking.
Brexit, nationalism & xenophobia
July 10, 2016
The looming exit — Brexit — of certainly England and Wales from the European Union (EU) — should not overly concern South Africa economically or politically. Certainly not in the short term. But never has the slogan, workers of the world unite, seemed more appropriate.
Terry Bell Writes 
July 23, 2016
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