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Bukelani Mboniswa

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Bukelani Mboniswa

Bukelani Mboniswa is an essayist and author of Paint Me White: The Black Man’s Tragedy and Rainbow Nation: The Propaganda of Democracy.

Nelson Mandela believed that forgetting the past would help white people embrace democracy.
APARTHEID

Mandela, punishment and the tragedy of forgetting

We must never forget the past injuries and injustices of apartheid.

  • Bukelani Mboniswa
5 min read
Myth? The argument against the rainbow nation is that it is done in order to escape South Africa’s history. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Hostages to the corrosive myth of the rainbow nation

We need to acknowledge our ugly side, transform how we look at ourselves and how others look at us, to succeed in building a new society

  • Bukelani Mboniswa
4 min read
The news of the death of FW de Klerk, apartheid’s last president, caused varying reactions across the country.
APARTHEID

Why many people are rejecting De Klerk’s post-death apology

What can one fix with an 85-year-old white man whose apology to black people only surfaced after he is dead? The answer is nothing

  • Bukelani Mboniswa
5 min read