The letter by JR Whitlock (Mercury, June 19) concerning fake smiles and friends in the DA is pertinent in the light of remarks by RW Johnson in the second edition of his book How long will South Africa survive? Noting the growing influence of...
KZN ANC Commissar Sihle Zikalala’s diagnosis at the recent ANC provincial council meeting that the country is facing “economic warfare” from “western monopoly capitalism” is vintage communist fulmination which echoes...
Raymond Suttner’s experiences as an opponent of the apartheid government are significant for a variety of reasons. The re-issue of his book (Mercury, June 14) is a worthy contribution to the history of South Africa prior to 1994. His pain...
Ostensibly the DA has achieved closure with regard to Helen Zille and her views on colonialism. But while the terms and conditions of the settlement reduce Zille to a mere pawn on the DA chessboard, the rhetoric in which the settlement is wrapped...
Whilst there are clearly personal, vindictive agendas within the DA motivating punitive action against Helen Zille, the implications of her indictment for making objective remarks about the legacies of colonialism are manifold Central to these is...
The DA’s treatment of Helen Zille is completely at odds with its official commitment to an “an open, opportunity society” and its motto of “freedom, fairness and opportunity.” Thus, in terms of the liberal tolerance...
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