Thuli Madonsela illustrates my point. Unfortunately
Last week, I wrote a letter to Business Day drawing attention to two themes prevalent in the news. The first was xenophobia, associated with the 30 June protests and the fear that had gripped migrants living in the country. The
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Public reason and restraint: where institutions fail
In South Africa, the Supreme Court of Appeal decided that poor, rural listeners could hear “Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer” chanted at rallies and understand it as historical symbolism. In Britain, authorities warned that the public cannot hear “pure
News Focus: Message, messenger, and trouble with Trump’s new plane
The New York Times has warned that the Trump administration’s delivering subpoenas to several reporters' homes demanding they appear before a federal grand jury over the newspaper's reporting on alleged security concerns involving President Donald Trump's new Air Force One
Risk and reward: why we need to play with fire and pointed sticks
Humans lived through most of their history in an environment that rewarded those who prioritised the downside of risk.
The manual nobody handed Pretoria’s diplomats
There is a ritual that plays out every few months in Pretoria. A newly arrived political counsellor, three weeks into a posting, sits down for an introductory coffee and asks a version of the same question: who actually decides things
I think, therefore I arm
I think I have been thinking. I accept that this is an odd thing to say. I am wise enough to know as much. I have never been a fool, and I keep senility at bay.
News Focus: History comes home
The 900-year-old artefact that signals the beginning of the shift of England’s attention from Scandinavia and the North Sea to continental Europe – and significant changes in the landholdings, culture and language of England – has returned, for a while,
Humour and politics
Today’s Daily Friend Live features John Endres and Nicholas Lorimer. They discuss the story of Count Binface and the role of humour in politics. They also discuss the new Minister of Agriculture. Lastly, they discuss China’s new space rocket. https://youtube.com/live/uH_UiiFFJ1I?feature=share
We copied the wrong country
South Africa’s post-liberation government leant heavily on the model for post-colonial economic redress in Malaysia. It chose wrong.