Latest articles on Pallo Jordan

Mbeki’s document ‘a falsification’ of ANC principles — Pallo Jordan

Article Gemma Ritchie - 26 Sep 2018

ANC veteran Pallo Jordan believes former president Thabo Mbeki’s 30-page paper on land expropriation does not enrich the land discourse

Fund the labour of cultural workers, Mr President

Article Zukiswa Wanner - 23 Mar 2018

"Our president has asked that we send him, maybe one of the places we should dispatch him to is to revisit the way art is funded".

And thus do I salute him

Article Staff Reporter - 12 Jan 2018

The poet fought injustice wherever he found it and became a key figure in the ANC-in-exile’s arts and culture department

Shivambu’s tips for obtaining a real qualification

Article bogdan TagDiv - 11 Dec 2014

Shivambu now has a master's degree. It's an actual qualification, and so we wondered what advice he'd give to those who wished they had a degree.

Ben Turok: Pallo Jordan’s strength lies in his history

Article Ben Turo - 20 Aug 2014

Despite Pallo Jordan's resignation following reports of falsifying academic credentials, he is not history, writes the anti-apartheid activist.

Pallo Jordan deserves doctorate, says university rector

Article Staff Reporter - 16 Aug 2014

UFS rector and vice-chancellor Jonathan Jansen says Jordan should have an honorary doctorate and commended him for stepping down voluntarily.

Editorial: Talk to us, Pallo Jordan

Article Editorial - 14 Aug 2014

Pallo Jordan owes his supporters some explanation. Resigning is not coming clean.

Khaya Dlanga: Heroic lessons from Jordan’s retreat

Article bogdan TagDiv - 14 Aug 2014

We don’t know how many people are shaking in their boots now: they should come out now – before the qualifications police hound them too.

Pallo Jordan has proven he’s no Faustian sell-out

Article bogdan TagDiv - 12 Aug 2014

If he did indeed once sell his soul to the devil, Pallo Jordan has made up for it spectacularly by coming clean and resigning, writes Verashni Pillay.

Pallo Jordan and six other politicians caught in their lies

Article Phillip De Wet - 12 Aug 2014

Many senior South African politicians have lied blatantly – only to be exposed by the law – so Pallo Jordan marks a break of sorts with the past.

Pallo Jordan ‘owns up to deceit’, resigns as ANC MP

Article Mmanaledi Mataboge - 11 Aug 2014

ANC veteran Pallo Jordan has resigned as the ruling party's MP, following a newspaper report exposing his academic qualifications as a lie.

ANC’s Pallo Jordan resigns from Parliament

Article Staff Reporter - 11 Aug 2014

Embattled ANC MP Pallo Jordan has resigned from Parliament following reports that he faked his qualifications.

‘Dr Jordan,’ I presume – On making a big thing out of a small thing

Article Danny Schechter Tag - 7 Aug 2014

Pallo Jordan's alleged falsification of his qualifications should be kept in perspective, argues Danny Schechter.

Lessons from the Dr Pallo furore

Article Staff Reporter - 7 Aug 2014

The "Dr" Pallo Jordan row should make us question the value we attach to status, position and wealth.

Do newspapers hate black people?

Article bogdan TagDiv - 5 Aug 2014

Pallo Jordan. Phumzile van Damme. It’s tempting to think newspapers are out to make black South Africans look bad, writes Verashni Pillay.

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