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/ 25 November 2005
Beware of group think Jillian Carmen’s letter (May 5) left me in two minds. I admire her, and accept Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s sentiments about the need for repentance. But there remains a nagging feeling that this leaves a lot of the truth unsaid, and that there can be unfairness in what amounts to group thinking […]
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/ 25 November 2005
Fed up with Mpofu I am fed up with the SABC CEO Dali Mpofu’s spin-doctoring of the SABC’s cheap political propaganda. He has failed to deal with legitimate media criticism that the corporation is failing to cover news impartially and accurately. This year has seen the controversy over the booing of Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, […]
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/ 25 November 2005
Brazen US hypocrisy Saddam Hussein’s trial and execution were a brazen display of United States hypocrisy. The trial was procedurally flawed, and excerpts from the proceedings were censored. The prosecution did not establish direct responsibility for the crimes he was accused of. The chief judge was removed mid-trial because the US-backed Iraqi government accused him […]
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/ 25 November 2005
Motsepe can buy success I found Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya’s article (”Motsepe is bad for soccer”, October 13) damaging and ignorant. Before Patrice Motsepe entered the game, South Africa’s professional players were earning as little as R2 000. Today the standard of local football has improved and players are earning better salaries. Yes, Motsepe has changed coaches […]
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/ 25 November 2005
The myths of Kasrils Ronnie Kasrils’s ”Myths of Zionism” (January 27) contains objectionable sentiments. But even more disconcerting are Mail & Guardian posters plastered across South Africa proudly proclaiming them. The wording of the poster re-inforces a basic principle of anti-Semitism — that Jews are deceitful. In June 24 last year, the M&G printed an […]
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/ 25 November 2005
loveLife on target Your report (”Documents contradict loveLife”, January 6) appears to be based on selective release of internal documents by the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria secretariat. It is not clear whether they also made public the findings of two independent panels of experts appointed to appraise the facts concerning loveLife’s […]
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/ 25 November 2005
How to tire Zuma The Art of Seduction, by JZ: If she is wearing a dress; she is asking for it. If she crosses her legs; she is asking for it. If she visits your house; she is asking for it. When a woman says ”no”; she is asking for it. Never visit the beach […]
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/ 25 November 2005
Is Mbeki race-obsessed? Is President Thabo Mbeki obsessed with racism, as whites claim? I’m beginning to suspect he is. When whites first made the claim, I was among the first to come to his defence. As blacks, we couldn’t afford to let our former oppressors publicly insult our leader — not after what they’d put […]
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/ 25 November 2005
Ideals have been betrayed Larger issues were at stake in the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) strike than salaries and service conditions. It exemplified the growing concern about the impact of neo-liberalism in institutions of higher learning, increased economic referencing in education and the demand that academics do more for less. It is unacceptable that staff […]
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/ 25 November 2005
Glaring holes in judgement There are glaring gaps in the ruling of the learned judge in the Jacob Zuma rape case: Malume is a brother to one’s sister. The relationship between malume and umshana (niece/nephew) is closer than fatherly — it is maternalistic. In Zulu culture, adults parent every child in the community. And someone […]