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Why Cope failed

The origins of democracy can be traced back to ancient Greece and it was a Greek philosopher, Aristotle (384BC — 322BC), who said that “the basis of a democratic state is liberty” After many years of persistent tyranny that engulfed Greece in the period leading towards to the 6th century, the people of Athens reclaimed […]

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SpeakZA: Bloggers for a free press

Last week, shocking revelations concerning the activities of ANC Youth League Spokesperson Nyiko Floyd Shivambu came to the fore. According to a letter published in various news outlets, a complaint was laid by 19 political journalists with the secretary-general of the ANC, against Shivambu. This complaint letter detailed attempts by Shivambu to leak a dossier […]

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The politics of hypocrisy

Common consensus appears to exist that men (and women) in all circumstances are naturally disposed to duplicity, dishonesty, hypocrisy and corruption; that those with greater prominence almost always reflect the vices and virtues of society in which they exist. Their pursuit and preservation of power in all spheres of life is characterised by the shameful […]

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Ukweshwama: What is all this bull?

The Scramble for Africa which began in the 1880s has been largely blamed for disrupting and eroding the cultural practices and traditions of Africans. Africans have maintained that colonialism and imperialism served to entrench Western values while undermining their way of life. The rise of African nationalism since the end of colonisation imbued those who […]

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We must resist the hypnotic allure of populist politics

Politics have existed for as long as social classes became pronounced in every fabric of human existence. During the aristocratic age the privileged minorities presided over those considered lowly in the pecking order of society while under democracy we have been duped to believe that the lowly masses exercise power through their elected representatives. Democracy […]

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Khulumani: Serving whose interests?

On April 8 2009 Judge Shira Scheindlin of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York granted Khulumani Support Group and others permission to proceed with litigation against corporations accused of aiding the apartheid government to perpetrate crimes against humanity. This non-governmental organisation is submitting claims against multinational giants such as General […]