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Monday, October 18, 2010

Native Nostalgia: the curious case of one Thabo Mbeki

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Do you remember the politically late Thabo Mbeki? Yes, the pipe-smoking Aids denialist who has read only one poet whom he relies on rather s...
Thursday, October 7, 2010

Blade's illiberal offensive against the print media

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Higher education minister Blade Nzimande reportedly said last week that the print media constitutes a “huge liberal offensive” against “our ...
Thursday, September 30, 2010

Cosatu's a sucker for punishment

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Cosatu is suffering from battered spouse syndrome -- the more it is maltreated by its partner, the ANC, the more it believes it is best to s...
Friday, September 24, 2010

WHY IS MANDELA'S MORTALITY SUCH A BIG DEAL?

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Nelson Mandela will probably not be around in ten years’ times. This fact is so hard to accept that some of us would literally kill anyone d...
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Saturday, August 21, 2010

De Zille: a marriage of inconvenience

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It is probably mean to be disparaging about the chances of newlyweds staying together long after the honeymoon bliss has worn off. Yet the l...
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Monday, August 16, 2010

ANC must come into the open

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If you were a brilliant freedom-fighter does that guarantee you will also be an exemplary champion of freedom? That is a question one cannot...
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

McBride was convicted - period!

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If someone was convicted of murdering people but later granted amnesty for their action, does that mean we should no longer call him or her ...
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