History Matters

On 12 August 2008, History Matters printed a response that I wrote to Blade Nzimande’s article in Umsebenzi, which contained a number of lies about me. I challenged each of these and before sending it to History Matters I sent it to Umsebenzi online and later to ensure that there was delivery, sent a fax [...]

Kader Asmal, Blade Nzimande, and Raymond Suttner are honoured and respected leaders in the anti-apartheid struggle. They are brave comrades who have dedicated their lives to our freedom, who have made great sacrifices and carried heavy loads in times of great danger. They are some of my role-models and when relating to them the word [...]

*Blade Nzimande, General Secretary of the SACP Since about 2003, especially after that notorious statement by the former head of the NPA, that there was a prima facie case (of corruption) against the President of the ANC, Jacob Zuma, but the case was not winnable in court, one of the most unjust, public character assassination [...]

- The ANC leadership has until now appreciated that abiding by Constitutional Court decisions has instilled public confidence in the democratic system. Its respect as the strongest political force is essential for stable democratic order [...]