In a quiet, yet graphic way, the photograph of King Goodwill Zwelithini in the Mercury on March 31 expresses the reality of our colonial legacy. In a manner which Queen Victoria would have endorsed, King Goodwill was shown using a ceremonial...
Whatever else lies ahead this year, the words of former president Kgalema Motlanthe at the funeral of Ahmed Kathrada will serve as a shining beacon of hope in a political landscape that has been defiled and morally bankrupted by Jacob Zuma and...
The cacophony of voices condemning Helen Zille and colonialism in its entirety is trending towards the law of unintended consequences. Although in almost every instance the detractors disdain any pretext of historical context, it is the vitriol...
The recent meeting of Clairwood residents (Mercury, March 23) at which they confronted Council officials with the plight of their suburb is the latest in a sad saga which has been ongoing for nearly 20 years. The reported statement by senior...
The so-called Twitter storm that has resulted from Western Cape premier Helen Zille’s remarks on colonialism (Daily News, March 17), has brought to the fore the fact that the DA prioritises political correctness and hypocrisy ahead of factual...
It is sad to see an educated person like Charles Villet of the Australian Monash University failing to distinguish between extremism and reasonable quests for sovereignty by marginalised cultures. Instead he mistakenly, but nonetheless...
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