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Richard Calland and the Maimane moment

Kameel Premhid by Kameel Premhid 28 April 201511 May 2015

Richard Calland’s latest article (“Maimane may engineer Zuma’s exit”) is a master class in fanciful political analysis. Even if published in the opinion section of the Mail & Guardian, its grasp on reality makes it more suited to fiction than a newspaper. His belief that the next leader of the DA would be able, or […]

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Zuma doesn’t read and other myths

Sibusiso Tshabalala by Sibusiso Tshabalala 16 October 201324 October 2013

“This is not a pipe,” reads the caption beneath the painting. With only a cursive scribble and signature — “Magritte” — you begin to wonder if this isn’t one of those overdone visual puns. Magritte, the Belgian painter and provocateur is right. This is not a pipe; it is an image of a pipe. One […]

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