It required self-awareness and reflection of what whiteness signified and an understanding that the struggle itself was a place of learning
South Africans want a democratic state, but South African democracy cannot be restored through deals behind closed doors.
"He could try to resign and hope that people will show some mercy."
In the short run the country will lose and stands the chance of going down the drain economically
To act radically in the current South African situation requires a daring imagination in relation to manifold areas of hardship.
The ruling party depends on patronage and clientelism and can’t talk to its constituency, writes Raymond Suttner.
In these times of widespread violence perpetrated by men, we may learn from Mandela’s model of masculinity the type of man he represented.
The prospects that the ANC, SACP and Cosatu alliance once offered the broad masses have been forgotten at the feeding trough, says Raymond Suttner.
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/ 12 November 2010
South Africans are rightly proud of having what is probably the most progressive Constitution in the world. But rights can never be taken for granted.
The last resort in a desperate struggle for human rights has no place in a society committed to mutual respect