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Liberalism

With the rise in right-wing populism, democracy around the world is weakened
Opinion
/ 15 September 2024

With the rise in right-wing populism, democracy around the world is weakened

South Africa stands out as a country that strongly defends democracy

By Ursula van Beek
A response to racially-charged assertions
Thought Leader
/ 25 June 2024

A response to racially-charged assertions

The article shows ignorance about liberalism, its supporters and what it has done for this country and the rest of the world

By Nicholas Woode-Smith
Masses lulled by South Africa’s wealthy and powerful
Opinion
/ 10 December 2021

Masses lulled by South Africa’s wealthy and powerful

The people need to remove their blinkers and reclaim their minds to achieve a better future

By Andile Zulu
Zama Ndlovu: Lessons from China to the ANC — No one policy can be correct indefinitely
Opinion
/ 12 September 2021

Zama Ndlovu: Lessons from China to the ANC — No one policy can be correct indefinitely

China’s decision on edtech firms demonstrates a desire to achieve equity even at the expense of profits, and there are lessons for South Africa

By Zama Ndlovu
DA’s policy proposals are counter-transformative
Opinion
/ 2 September 2020

DA’s policy proposals are counter-transformative

The DA is stuck in classical liberalism when there are new ways of thinking about capitalism and the role of the state – and its denial of race as a concept is disingenuous

By Siyabulela Tsengiwe
Political pragmatism is required to survive Covid-19
Coronavirus
/ 12 May 2020

Political pragmatism is required to survive Covid-19

Political ideologies — communism, capitalism, liberalism — and an unrealistic view of the world as we’d like it to be got us into this mess

By Quentin du Plessis
Cancel culture, threats to freedom of speech, and the state of liberal democracy
Article
/ 6 January 2020

Cancel culture, threats to freedom of speech, and the state of liberal democracy

Although Ian Buruma was removed as the editor-in-chief of the New York Review of Books in September 2018, he still speaks his mind

By Malin Ekman
Don’t be distracted by liberalism debate
Article
/ 3 January 2020

Don’t be distracted by liberalism debate

Unless it’s centred on egalitarianism. And
the political left can’t guarantee equality either

By Eusebius McKaiser
Black rebels among the blue bloods of liberalism
Article
/ 20 December 2019

Black rebels among the blue bloods of liberalism

Bongani Madondo says the meltdown amid racial witch-hunting portends the beginning of the end of white liberalism itself

By Bongani Madondo
Communitarian ideals in capitalist workplaces
Article
/ 18 August 2019

Communitarian ideals in capitalist workplaces

Companies are trying to build community among workers. But this can have sinister side-effects

By Rafael Winkler
Black-centred egalitarian liberalism cannot ignore capitalism
Article
/ 6 April 2018

Black-centred egalitarian liberalism cannot ignore capitalism

Leaving aside the schoolroom-debate gymnastics that radical liberal Eusebius McKaiser is wont to use, the core issue in the debate is what he avoids.

By Mazibuko Jara
Liberalism’s hold on the political imagination loosens as new forms of populism surge
Analysis
/ 6 October 2016

Liberalism’s hold on the political imagination loosens as new forms of populism surge

Liberalism is not the paragon of virtue it is held up to be. As its authority wanes we need to unshackle reason from its strictures.

By Richard Pithouse
Old progressives would approve of DA’s ‘new liberalism’
Article
/ 14 May 2015

Old progressives would approve of DA’s ‘new liberalism’

With Mmusi Maimane’s rise to leadership comes a new brand of liberalism that would gain the approval of previous incarnations of the DA.

By Phillip De Wet

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