Opinions without context risk degenerating into diatribe. Western Cape University research fellow Ali Ridha Khan’s opinion piece on Tony Leon is a case in point (IOL, May 16). Khan finds that Tony Leon’s life before 1994 disqualifies him for...
With reference to Professor George Devenish’s article in the Mercury of November 9, the re-racialisation of South Africa has been going on for over 15 years. In October 2006, in a letter to the then Leader of the Opposition, Tony Leon, I pointed...
With reference to Professor George Devenish’s article in the Mercury of November 9, the re-racialisation of South Africa has been going on for over 15 years. In October 2006, in a letter to the then Leader of the Opposition, Tony Leon, I pointed...
Tony Leon once presciently stated that “standards would be lowered to you.” Daily the accuracy of his prediction finds fulfilment and is exemplified by the plea that several so-called students be pardoned for their acts of public...
As the slide in levels of efficacy and competence got underway, Tony Leon once observed that “standards will be lowered to you.” But now that the KZN ANCYL wants standards scrapped (Daily News, June 29), Leon’s prediction has...
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