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Shame isn’t a lekke’ emotion to feel. It indicates that you have fallen short of your own standards. Alternatively, feeling shame can also...
It no longer surprises me to meet victims and survivors of oppression who also oppress others. I have met white gay men who are racists. I have met...
There is no compelling reason for the ANC to remain enslaved by liberation struggle habits. Almost 23 years into democracy it is time for the...
There is always a lot at stake in political debate. Consequently, the quality of political debate can easily deteriorate as factions and individuals push their various agendas. This will probably be particularly true of political discourse in our country this year....
There is one debate about coloured identity that I do have a strong view on. It is the arrogance with which other people want to impose on coloured...
This week on Twitter, Helen Zille was part of a thread around the question of whether columnist Eusebius McKaiser was claiming a degree he hadn’t...
Are you starting studies at a tertiary institution soon? Here are some tips that may or may not be useful. They are attitudes that helped me,...
Intellectual and activist Dr Mamphela Ramphele has come out of the political closet by announcing the creation of Agang, a "party-political...
There is a bigger chance of the pope coming out as atheist than there is of the Democratic Alliance winning 30% of the national vote in 2014. But...
No one likes an anticlimax. But, sadly, Justice Minister Jeff Radebe does not care about leaving us unsatisfied. The release of the much anticipated judicial review discussion document this week turned out to be a nonevent. The minister told us how much he loves constitutional...
In 2011, suspended ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema punted the phrase "economic freedom" with religious zeal. And, to a limited but noticeable...
Last week the Constitutional Court proved that it sometimes feels the pressure of the political context in which it exists. It did deliver a...
