May 21 2012 at 11:09am By Japhet Ncube Controversy: A visitor to the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg uses his hands to form what could be a codpiece on the controversial painting titled The Spear, done by South African artist Brett Murray. The ANC has said it intends to demand the removal of the painting, which [...]
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Protest Art’s aim is to create social change
May 21, 2012
May 21 2012 at 11:11am By Mary Corrigall Mary Corrigall FOR almost as long as heads of state have been the subject of official commissioned portraits they have been the subject of unsolicited satirical representations. Naturally, the former is designed to portray the leader in the best light as possible. In the case of the [...]
Criticising the Crisis in Education
July 19, 2009
What to make of the war of words that has erupted between Jonathan Jansen and Jessie Duarte? Briefly, ANC spokesperson Duarte is demanding that recently installed University of the Free State Rector Jonathan Jansen apologise for calling Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga a “lazy and incompetent minister, if one takes into account her record as [...]
President Zuma Inauguration Address
May 10, 2009
Jacob Zuma – Union Buildings – 9th May 2009 On this day, a decade and a half ago, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was formally elected as the first President of a democratic South Africa. At that moment a new nation was born, a nation founded on the fundamental principles of human dignity and equal rights for [...]
Where is Mbeki's world elsewhere?
December 23, 2008
MARK GEVISSER – Dec 23 2008 Published in the Mail and Guardian “You common cry of curs … I banish you! And here remain with your uncertainty …. There is a world elsewhere!” With these words, Shakespeare’s Coriolanus storms out of Rome, after having been exiled by the tribunes of the people. The play of [...]
To President Zuma, from a disgruntled ANC member.
October 19, 2008
Comrade President Zuma I am not a disgruntled member of the ANC, just angry. I am angry because you sent Jessie and the other President to school but not Malema. I am angry that no one has as yet visited me or given me any answers to where I will find the real ANC, so [...]
Why SA enjoys Zuma
October 19, 2008
Normal 0 false false false Jeremy Gordin The Sunday Independent October 19th 2008 In almost every historical account in which Jacob Zuma features, even peripherally, he is portrayed as intelligent, brave, committed and exceptionally pleasant. I am referring to accounts that can be found in six major works by skilled and perceptive journalists, a historian, [...]
The new ANC, whatever name it takes, represents the most serious threat to the ANC since 1994.
October 10, 2008
By Rapule Tabane (Mail&Guardian) Imagine the ANC losing 10% of the 10-million South Africans who voted for it in the last national and local government elections in 2004 and 2006. Is that a pipe dream or a realistic possibility? It will not happen for as long as the ruling party has to compete only against [...]
Mosiuoa Lekota's open letter and Jeff Radebe's response
October 10, 2008
In case you haven’t read it, here is Lekota’s open letter to the ANC detailing his grievances about the current political path that the party is pursuing. Jeff Radebe responds on behalf of the ANC Secretary General and the NEC. Open Letter to the ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe
May 21, 2012
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