Opinion – False peace only delays heartbreak
If Thabo Mbeki has an HIV/Aids legacy to haunt him then Nelson Mandela must lie awake wondering whether the reconciliation he bequeathed to his nation turned out as he had hoped it would, writes Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.
Opinion – Can a song stir genocidal passions?
In the absence of the prudence Mark Twain alluded to when he said: “‘It is by the goodness of God that in our country (the United States) we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience and the prudence never to practise either of them”, we, in South Africa, need to rely on a constitutional wisdom that keeps us on the straight and narrow while we learn to be discerning, writes Glabed Cachalia.
Opinion – ‘Assault’ on the liberation struggle’s heritage will cause tension
With all due respect to Judge Colin Lamont, I fail to see how his banning of a struggle song will help foster reconciliation. The opposite is bound to happen, writes Sabelo Ndlangisa.
Opinion – Ideology of stupidity
Julius Malema terrifies whites, embarrasses large sections of the conservative black middle class and embodies the hopes of the excluded black majority. By Andile Mngxitama
Newsmaker – I’m an African with a light complexion
Kallie Kriel chuckles dryly when asked if he’s a bitter racist and anti-ANC rightwinger angered by Afrikaners’ loss of political power in 1994.
Sjambok rule at Home Affairs
Christa Kuljian accompanies a Zimbabwean asylum seeker to the Marabastad Home Affairs office and discovers how sjambok-wielding “officers” rule the roost.
The rape of Aurora
Aurora, headed by President Jacob Zuma’s large-living nephew, Khulubuse, has been picked clean, reports Paddy Harper.
Zahara: strumming to greatness
The nation is oohing and aahing over the guitar-strumming genius of Zahara.