Operation “Burn the CD” against Steve Hofmeyr is in full swing, according to informed sources. Skoppensboer has some friends in high places. Or maybe low ones. Afrikaners are not supposed to have any connections beyond the local barman or primary-school … Read the rest
Tag: Ronnie Kasrils
Boerehaat and South Africa’s Khmer Rouge 1
by Dan Roodt dan[at]praag.org
Few outsiders understand the ethnic dynamics of South Africa. Foreign journalists come here and imagine that we are some kind of remake of the USA, transposing American ethnic categories (and Hollywood movies) onto us. Of course, … Read the rest
Why Mandela?
by Albert Brenner
Any person sound of mind must be truly perplexed by Mandela`s lightning-fast deification… given the fact that he basically sat in a locked room for 27 years whilst, occasionally, hitting stones into smaller stones.
It is as … Read the rest
Kasrils papers find a home at Wits University
Rare and historical material belonging prominent political figure Ronnie Kasrils, gathered during the liberation struggle and the transition to a democratic South Africa, will be handed over into the custody of Wits University tomorrow.
Kasrils was a member of the … Read the rest
‘Racist and Islamophobic attack’ by alleged white Afrikaans-speakers
by SAPA and Praag
The North West Premier Thandi Modise on Thursday condemned the killing of a Muslim man in Magaliesburg, reports the South African Press Association.
“There is no place in our diverse society for those who harbour racism … Read the rest