Katlego Maboe is the latest addition to the newest ‘untouchables’: celebrities who have gone from hero to zero in an instant. But how long should their banishment last, and is there space for redemption, asks Koos Kombuis
cancel culture
Posted inEquality
The problem with free speech
This right is essential to modern society, but it is a relatively recent phenomenon and we should not take it for granted
Posted inEquality, General
Condemnation of UCT lecturer misses context
Groups slam UCT professor’s Hitler comment without an understanding of the lecture’s purpose
Posted inNews/Politics
Damnatio memoriae: Ancient Rome’s cancel culture
We know much about the Roman leaders whose statues were destroyed. Removing effigies cannot, should not and will not erase our memory