Dis-Chem’s dilemma over demographic employment ratios because of the dictates of the Employment Equity Act highlights the absolute farce of adherence to the principle of non-racialism (The Mercury, October 18). Before 1994, the National Party...
Much was made by the likes of Mandela after 1994 that non-racialism would characterise South Africa’s future and erase the cancer of race-based laws. But 26 years on, race-based laws are actually more prolific than ever before. Let’s do the sums...
Racist populism which incites violence and the seizure of property is perhaps the most insidious threat to South Africa’s future. Yet such rhetoric was evident in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on November 26. Following the latest...
In that, The Mercury features the words “racism stops with me” as part of its masthead, its failure to report a major victory against racism concerning Black First Land First (BLF) is disconcerting (July 16). An objection against the BLF’s...
One wonders who commissar Sihle Zikalala thinks he is deceiving when he defends Zindzi Mandela’s racist, anti-white remarks as being within her rights yet he simultaneously pleads for “reconciliation” on the land issue (Mercury, June 18). Not...
In that The Mercury features the words “racism stops with me” as part of its masthead, its failure to report a major victory against racism concerning Black First Land First (BLF) is disconcerting (July 16). An objection against the BLF’s...
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