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History Favours A DA/ANC Coalition

History Favours A DA/ANC Coalition

The extent to which politics makes strange bedfellows is colouring the scenario of a coalition between the ANC and the DA. Yet historically, that need not be the case. The founders of the ANC in 1912 were moderate, middle-class Africans who...

6 June 2024 Duncan Du Bois ANC, Coalition, DA, History, Marxism, politics, South Africa 0 Comments
ANC Should Pay For Statues

ANC Should Pay For Statues

There must be many in eThekwini who are appalled and outraged at the expense of R22 million of ratepayers’ money on statues to commemorate OR Tambo and Nelson Mandela (The Mercury, 2 June). Even if eThekwini’s finances were in order...

5 June 2023 Duncan Du Bois ANC, eThekwini, History, ratepayers, statues 0 Comments
Propaganda Dressed Up As History

Propaganda Dressed Up As History

After reading former History tutor and teacher, Thembile Ndabeni’s paean of praise for Stalin for delivering development to Russia and bringing peace and liberation (The Mercury, April 25), there must be many readers awaiting his enlightened...

26 April 2023 Duncan Du Bois History, propaganda, stalin, Thembile Ndabeni 0 Comments
ANC Is On The Wrong Side Of History

ANC Is On The Wrong Side Of History

Sinking in the polls with their heads in the sand, trying to blame everything else except themselves for having systematically looted, corrupted and bankrupted the country while creating mass unemployment, the only topic the ANC prefer to talk...

11 March 2023 Duncan Du Bois ANC, corruption, History 0 Comments
Celebrating UNISA’s Vintage

Celebrating UNISA’s Vintage

Unisa’s claim to be 150 years old is historically tenuous given the year its name originated (The Mercury, February 13). In 1873, the Cape Parliament approved the establishment of the University of the Cape of Good Hope which was renamed the...

13 February 2023 Duncan Du Bois History, UNISA 0 Comments
Pro-vax Ivo Vegter Is On The Wrong Side Of History

Pro-vax Ivo Vegter Is On The Wrong Side Of History

Ivo Vegter’s attempt to disparage the anti-vax “mob,” as he terms them, is so weak that it is surprising the Daily Friend (October 14) published it, notwithstanding its disclaimer at the end of Vegter’s piece. In a single broadside, he claims the...

15 October 2022 Duncan Du Bois History, Ivo Vegter, pro-vax 0 Comments
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