Graeme Bloch
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/ 16 April 2007

Celebrating our journey to freedom

Our freedom child is turning 13. We should be proud we’ve brought her to her teenage years. She’s spent a significant part of her life in school. As Finance Minister Trevor Manuel reminded us recently, schools of quality are crucial if “all people’s lives have equal worth”.

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/ 16 September 2006

Where did the left go wrong?

Gender principles and commitments fly through the window, old-fashioned myths on HIV surface. Usually outspoken, Blade Nzimande is reduced to mumbling. Structures remain silent or waffle. Unity is invoked while throats are torn. A strong left is essential. So how have we descended so quickly?