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Reflections of a wayward boy (Part 1)
Also available on Daily Maverick: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-06-04-a-nickname-shared-with-dumisa-ntsebeza/#gsc.tab=0 I have been called many things in my day, some of them clearly unprintable. But only once was I labelled wayward which, given the context of my life, is probably accurate. Also, so far as I am concerned, and especially from whence the label came, it was a compliment. […]
Posted in: Autobiographical
The ‘new normal’ capitalism desires
June 14, 2020
The "Great Reset Agenda for Capitalism" proposed by Klaus Schwab is another shrewd,half a loaf, bribe. Perhaps it is time to plan to take the bakery?
Posted in: Inside Labour Column
A key to a post-pandemic future
June 12, 2020
The roots of the present lie in the past and it is essential that we havea clear idea of such roots if we are to understand where we are now — and why. Without such knowledge we can hardly plan clearly for the future.
Posted in: Inside Labour Column
Compassion and capitalism do not mix
June 12, 2020
(First published on Fin24, Friday, June 12, 2020) Are we on the cusp of a new, more egalitarian and democratic post-pandemic world or are we merely transitioning to yet another change of form, but not of substance — and one that may be even nastier than what preceded it? It’s a very important question since, […]
Posted in: Uncategorized
Olof Palme and the SA connection
June 12, 2020
(First published on Daily Maverick, June 10, 2020) The Swedish police and prosecution authorities yesterday closed their 34-year investigation into the 1986 assassination of Prime Minister Olof Palme. In the process they named one prime suspect and noted that “there was not enough evidence” of a South African connection to the killing. However, this is […]
Posted in: Uncategorized
Ours always to reason why
June 4, 2020
For many desperately poor people in South Africa there has been a stark choice: defy government regulations and risk becoming infected by Covid-19 or remain in lockdown and die of starvation.
Posted in: Inside Labour Column
Ushering in a US summer of discontent
June 4, 2020
By Palesa Morudu (first published in Business Day) WASHINGTON DC. The May 25 killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police marks a turning point in US politics. On Monday evening at the White House, President Donald Trump escalated the US’s political crisis. As the cops launched stun grenades and teargas at peaceful protesters across the […]
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Paternalism, dagga & the ANC in exile
May 30, 2020
The accusation of paternalism levelled recently at the government by Nelson Mandela Foundation chief executive Sello Hatang highlighted an historic reality. Because paternalism, coupled with what is best described as a Victorian attitude to parenting, has long been part of the political DNA of the ANC. Perhaps it stems from the authoritarian mission school schooling […]
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Terry Bell Writes 
June 24, 2020
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