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Quotas do not equality make
Despite a clear South African Constitutional Court decision last month on quotas and equal rights, much election propaganda on the topic, leading up to the August 3 poll, was characterised by misinformation, distortions and downright lies.
The use and abuse of the Mandela name
August 1, 2016
July — Mandela month — is over. Around the country and in many parts of the world, many people, with the best intentions, devoted their 67 minutes for Mandela in order to improve the lot of humanity at large. It was another demonstration of how potent is the symbol of Mandela. During his life, to […]
More turbulence seems to lie ahead for SA
August 1, 2016
Wednesday, August 3 will be the climax of probably the most fractious and bitter political campaigning, certainly at a local level, that South Africa has seen since 1994. And, whatever the outcome, it will have repercussions throughout society.
A Turkish lesson for democrats everywhere
July 23, 2016
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.
The invisible Dr Survé
June 30, 2016
Proof of controversial South African media boss and businessman Dr Iqbal Survé’s widely trumpeted background is hard to find. In particular, there seems to be no available evidence of his major claim to fame: that he was the physician to, and personal friend of, Nelson Mandela.
Terry Bell Writes 
August 7, 2016
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