A watershed or a drowning?

Phillip Dexter | 10 April 2016 Phillip Dexter writes on Nkandla, the ANC and ‘Zuma Must Fall’ The ANC, the Inkandlas, and #Zuma Must Fall: A Watershed or a Drowning? “The time has come,” the…


Afrikaners against Afrikaans

Dave Steward | 23 March 2016 Dave Steward asks why some academics are so willing and eager to hang their own language The future of Afrikaans at University level 23 March 2013 Vladimir Lenin said…



The decline and fall of the ANC empire

South Africa is entering an interregnum, a time of moving away from the certainties of the ANC hegemony JUSTICE MALALA 26 OCTOBER 2015   I JOINED hundreds of local and international journalists at Gallagher Estate,…


Africa is returning to its old self

This year there will be a few other elections in countries like Benin and Cape Verde. But don’t hold your breath. The incumbents have already won SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA 24 MARCH 2016 PICTURE: THINKSTOCK   Across…


It is crucial to tackle ‘rape culture’ in SA

Credit: INDEPENDENT MEDIA The extent of sexual violence in South Africa is well documented and it poses a substantial threat to our democratic project as a whole. With this in mind, campaigns like the one…




#TheDignityProject: Chapter 2

Credit: CAPE ARGUS Zamuxolo spent six months in prison awaiting trial and then spent the next five years living on the streets, leaving him a broken man. Picture: Henk Kruger/Cape Argus NEWS/SOUTH-AFRICA/WESTERN-CAPE /  12 April 2016…