Despite all the promises, transformation remains slow and too many dreams are being deferred
South Africa
Posted inEquality
The burden of collective black victimhood
The froth over a shampoo advert allows us to consider that we are not the victims we have always been made to believe we are
Posted inBusiness
E-payments for the unbanked are booming
The pandemic is providing mobile phone network operators with a unique chance to partner with fintech firms and banks to deliver clever e-commerce solutions to the informal sector in Africa
Posted inNews/Politics
Corruption casts a long shadow on our public discourse
When the words commonly associated in news stories with the term ‘Covid-19’ include ‘looting’, it’s time to shine a light on the problem
Posted inGeneral
The age of the image is here
The digital age widens who is able to co-construct history and reconstruct South Africa
Posted inGeneral
Censorship is on the horizon if we don’t object
The increasingly undemocratic actions of the ANC must be exposed before we become a totalitarian state.
Posted inNews/Politics
Right to self-determination not absolute
It is a load of ‘codswallop’ to think the Western Cape can secede
Posted inMedia
Words can paint a softened impression of Covid-19’s onslaught
Reporting is blurry but, reading between the lines, it seems more people have died from the disease
Posted inNews/Politics
Put this in your pipe, Max du Preez
People in the Western Cape have rights under international law which take precedence over the Constitution and do not need South Africa’s permission to secede
Posted inNews/Politics
Another open letter: Premier Winde, how must I vote?
“History repeats itself. Has to. No one listens” – Steve Turner
Posted inEquality
A lesson on equality for the US from post-apartheid South Africa
If the protests in the United States and elsewhere are about systemic racial oppression, then South Africa’s experience is that unless toxic concentrations of political power are addressed, deep structural changes are unlikely to occur
Posted inGeneral
Don’t let the arts cough, splutter and die
All forms from music and theatre to painting and sculpture offer us a mirror of ourselves and the world, escapism and understanding, and and expression of a range of emotions