Articles By This Author

How can we tell civilisation from barbarism?

Opinions

“There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism.” These words, in German and in Catalan, appear

Our tormenting myth

Opinions

At first glance, the watchers in the photograph are rather like us; outsiders looking in. Even without being able to see their faces, we can

To see liberty thrive

Opinions

I suspect the main reason why liberalism is so much stronger and more enduring than the fiercer (and all too often indistinguishable) ideologies to its

Mistaking the ‘Malema’ risk: a reply to Martin van Staden

Opinions

This is really a reflection on the virtue of being less than wholly convincing, or convinced, and thus avoiding the penalty of bringing the argument

A worrying obstacle on the road to post-ANC recovery

Opinions

South Africans who have the most to offer are the very ones the country is most likely to lose to emigration, according to new research.

Trekking on

Opinions

The older I get the more I am persuaded that the best reason for monuments is being reminded just how wrong we so often are

Jonathan Jansen deserves credit for his courage in speaking up

Opinions

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba’s grossly misdirected attack on Jonathan Jansen earlier this month (“Foreign nationals: The new F-word that needs proper discourse,” 10 April) over

The deepest delusion

Opinions

Few recent statements have more clearly illuminated the crippling delusion at the heart of the ANC’s political project than former President Thabo Mbeki’s characterisation of

The most liberating agency

Opinions

‘We never said a word about the fact that I have no arms.’ Felix Klieser  In a world so often dominated by the self-pitying and

Who could do it today?

Opinions

The furious disagreement over how we should remember F W de Klerk arguably draws more attention to the political dynamics of South Africa today than