Recent examples from Africa alone show that the country is entering extremely dangerous territory
Tweetspeak replacing empathetic, thoughtful, reasoned communication would alarm the author.
Mao manipulated youthful idealism to retain power during the Cultural Revolution with disastrous results.
The Economic Freedom Fighters promise to do what no other party has achieved, with utopian rhetoric and little to no pragmatism.
Chris Zithulele Mann says that to remove the statue is to ignore what lurks within all of us, making it more difficult to identify our own prejudices.
More people continue to be killed and mutilated in initiation schools in South Africa each year than died in the Sharpeville massacre.
We can cherish our cultural identities, but we can’t let politicians exploit small-scale cultural values, writes Chris Mann.
Chris Mann wonders whether it is elitist to cherish a burning desire to see the great South African dream come true.
Graduations took place all over the country last month. Flashbulbs popped on stages as chancellors conferred degrees on the bowed heads of thousands.
Chris Mann explores the connection between poetic vision, science and religious belief.