The only conclusion that can be drawn from Benjamin Roberts’ effusive praise of the Freedom Charter (The Mercury, June 29) is that such articles serve to prosper deceit. The claim that the Freedom Charter was “not drawn up by a small group of...
Statues and monuments provide not the only reference to times past, but more importantly, they provide context to history and to the march of change. The measure of change depends on precedents. If those are erased or removed, then by what means...
The renewed clamour by the educated ignorant for the removal of the statue of Cecil Rhodes at Oxford University reeks of hypocrisy (The Mercury, June 11). Afflicted by RDS – Rhodes Derangement Syndrome – which has induced emotional...
It is ironic that in regulating civil liberties in response to the Covid-19 virus, which has included the mandatory wearing of face masks, the ANC has unmasked itself. Anxious to exploit the lockdown so as to accelerate its national democratic...
There is little to fault in KZN finance MEC Ravi Pillay’s comprehensive and realistic overview of the challenges to the province’s economy until one reaches the line which states: “all our measures must be underpinned by the principles of...
One of the perks of being in power is to present propaganda as history, a task KZN premier Sihle Zikalala carries out with panache (Mercury, May 25). In his tribute to Africa Day, Zikalala predictably places the blame for Africa’s plight on the...
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