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Where I Stand 23/05/2016

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I remember the violence of the 1990s.  One can hardly forget it – it is still with us today.  What is more I could very well have … [Read more...] about Where I Stand 23/05/2016

Filed Under: where I stand Tagged With: Corruption, Disgrace, J M Coetzee, Jacob Zuma, Judge Jansen, post-colonialism, South Africa

Where I Stand 30/04/2016

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I will ignore the politics of the day other than to say that the EFF manifesto launch was perhaps a sign that Zuma has got some of … [Read more...] about Where I Stand 30/04/2016

Filed Under: where I stand Tagged With: EFF, J M Coetzee, Jacob Zuma, South Africa, South African Fiction, South African literature, South African Publishing

Are South Africans Free? – A Review

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Are South Africans Free? by Lawrence Hamilton Nelson Mandela, in his Long Walk To Freedom, wrote that South Africans have ‘merely … [Read more...] about Are South Africans Free? – A Review

Filed Under: reviews Tagged With: Amartya Sen, Corruption, Frantz Fanon, Isaiah Berlin, Jacob Zuma, Karl Popper, Lawrence Hamilton, Liberalism, Postapartheid, South Africa, Tony Judt

Where I Stand 27/04/2016

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The participation in the #Zumamustgo marches today looks as disappointing as  expected. Civil society organizations just do not … [Read more...] about Where I Stand 27/04/2016

Filed Under: where I stand Tagged With: Gauteng ANC, Jacob Zuma, Monna Mokoena, Paul Mashatile, South Africa, Victor Dlamini

Where I Stand 15/04/16

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The DA plan to march against Zuma today in Joburg.  From what I can gage it doesn’t look like many people will be demonstrating. … [Read more...] about Where I Stand 15/04/16

Filed Under: where I stand Tagged With: Corruption, Jacob Zuma, neo-liberalism, Simone Weil, South Africa

Where I Stand 13/04/16

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Why would people want to keep the Cecil John Rhodes statue at UCT?  That was a question I took to contemplating while showering in … [Read more...] about Where I Stand 13/04/16

Filed Under: where I stand Tagged With: #rhodesmustfall, #zumamustfall, Cecil John Rhodes, Corruption, Jacob Zuma, post-colonialism, Simone Weil, South Africa

Where I Stand 12/04/16

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I think the observations made by several commentators concerning Zuma and the Constitutional Court’s finding are right.  In … [Read more...] about Where I Stand 12/04/16

Filed Under: where I stand Tagged With: Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, Constitutional Court, Corruption, HLA Hart, Jacob Zuma, South Africa

Where I Stand 08/04/16

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A response to Rebecca Davis’s piece on the Daily Maverick concerning the presidential suitability of Dr. Nkosazana … [Read more...] about Where I Stand 08/04/16

Filed Under: where I stand Tagged With: Fire Pool, Jacob Zuma, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma

Where I Stand 6/04/16

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I was, until yesterday, hoping that Cyril Ramaphosa was pulling strings and would, in the next six months or so, be the next … [Read more...] about Where I Stand 6/04/16

Filed Under: where I stand Tagged With: ANC, Cyril Ramaphosa, Jacob Zuma, Paul Mashatile

Where I Stand 05/04/2016

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I have not written anything in a while mainly because of Easter but partly because I am not really sure what can be written.  The … [Read more...] about Where I Stand 05/04/2016

Filed Under: where I stand Tagged With: Corruption, Jacob Zuma, pied-noirs, post-colonialism

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