History Matters

by Allistor Spark, March 2010 As Julius Malema’s misdemeanours multiply, one of the most egregious has been allowed to go unchallenged for months. This was his misrepresentation of ex-President Nelson Mandela’s position on nationalisation. In punting his own populist campaign for the ANC to adopt a policy of nationalising the country’s mines, Malema has sought [...]

News24: Columnists: MaxduPreez 05 -08 – 2009   South Africa  |  World  |  Africa  |  Entertainment  |  Science & Technology The struggle against apartheid was a “non-racial” struggle. “Non-racialism” is at the heart of our democracy and our new constitution. Non-racial, non-sexist, non-nuclear.Non-sense.South Africa is a multi-racial country, not a non-racial one. Multi-racial means we [...]

Moipone Malefane Sunday Times, Published:Aug 09, 2009 ANC Youth League president Julius Malema’s criticism of President Jacob Zuma’s appointment of “minorities” to strategic economic positions was not a spontaneous outburst — but is part of a debate raging within the party’s official structures. The Sunday Times can reveal that the issue was discussed by the [...]

PROGRAMME JOHANNESBURG Thursday 13 August Topic: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the politics of knowledge. Venue: Wits University, Graduate School Seminar Room, S.W. Engineering Bldg, East Campus Time: 1.15 pm Topic: What’s wrong with Zionism: A Jewish Perspective Venue: University of Johannesburg, Council Chambers, University, Administration Bldg. Auckland Park, Kingsway Campus. Time: 5.30 pm for 6 [...]

To follow is an article from the most recent newsletter of the Centre for Constitutional Rights. Please feel free to comment on this article and express your opinions on the matter… THE RULE OF LAW AND THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE NATIONAL PROSECUTING AUTHORITY The decision to drop 18 charges against Mr Jacob Zuma will be [...]

Dear friends, ladies and gentlemen, The announcement of your intention to form the Congress of the People (COPE) has affected our people’s lives in many ways – both positive and negative. I am however sad to report that, at times the negative looms as large if not larger than the positive. That intimidation and paralysing [...]

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The terrorist’s attacks on civilians and government forces by armed militants in Mumbai have once again spread mayhem and fear in the Indian sub continent. It is an attack that replicates the hundreds of conflicts across the world which continues to underline the fact how a small group of [...]

By Allister Sparks. IT IS a measure of SA’s isolationist mentality that we are preparing for the most important general election of our democratic era against a backdrop of the worst global economic crisis in nearly 100 years, yet that forbidding factor is hardly featuring in our political debate. Jacob Zuma, who is presumably going [...]

Max du Preez IOL October 23 2008 Amid all the confusion, perplexities and mixed messages coming from the political arena in recent times, one thing is crystal clear: we South Africans should drastically lower our expectations of our political leaders. It started with Thabo Mbeki, the once charming, warm-hearted diplomat and inspiring leader who became [...]