TAKING SIDES: The politics of skidmarks
We live in a world where whole classes of people go to work every day to clean up the filth of their fellow human beings.
Scott was appointed as the Sable International’s Accounting Director in 2008. He heads a team of over 40 accountants and assistants specializing in SMEs and contractors.
We live in a world where whole classes of people go to work every day to clean up the filth of their fellow human beings.
Just because the anti-PC chorus is a bunch of bullies does not mean that progressive thinkers should stick to defending the current caricature invoked by the term “politically correct”
Amid all the storms this week about #TipGate and #MattTheunissen an interesting debate has developed on how we use words. Would SA be a better place if we could all agree on the definitions of words like “racism” or “violence” for once and for all?
People fall over themselves to pray at the altars of global coffee brands and be the first to explore shiny giant shopping malls. What does this behaviour tell us about their relationship with their society?
Activists are declaring war on the war on women’s bodies – and one of their tactics is making men scared… Is this a justified use of unlawful means to achieve a social aim?
Some very smart and popular Britons are convinced that there is no problem with memorialising Empire – only a problem with infantile, wheedling, vulnerable colonials. It is time we put their arrogance to the test.
Public opinion is swinging back and forth between #FeesMustFall and its antagonists. It is time for us to separate the good arguments from the bad when it comes to the viability of free higher education in South Africa.
Charity, seen by many as a kind of moral necessity, is, in fact, a highly contentious and problematic practice. As footballer Lionel Messi learned this week, sometimes charity causes big problems. Indeed: it is far from clear that do-gooders do more good than harm.
We need to find new ways to think about South African cities as drivers of innovation and growth. E-tolls should be a live option in the future city landscape. An implacable opposition, of the kind offered by OUTA, might not ultimately be that helpful.
When the Western Cape Provincial Government discovers that the public owns unused prime property in Sea Point, its solution is easy – SELL IT! – to the highest bidder. In a country suffering under the yoke of privileged elites, how different is this practice from the garden-variety corruption of Jacob Zuma and his coterie?
As former president Thabo Mbeki fires another epistolary salvo against his critics, journalists and online editors have taken the bait, spreading rumours and misinformation that have their roots in a racist world-view
Language politics has taken centre-stage in South Africa, often under the banner of #AfrikaansMustFall. But what would a truly “decolonised” language landscape in South Africa look like?
Increased social discord in South Africa cannot be prevented by appeals to the “Rainbow Nation” myth. The time has come for a new foundation for a nation in which we can all thrive, together, as equals.
The flames of #Shackville may well be remembered for uniting South Africa in a sudden, bristling defence of oil paintings. As many artists will tell you, getting us to appreciate them is not easy, especially when there’s sports on, or parliament.