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The Facebook group taking on South Africa’s white right
Online battle over the ‘white genocide’ narrative on social media has dangerous real-world consequences
Take a long, hard look in the mirror
Social media has made us obsess about the behaviour of others and ignore our own
Editorial: Don’t turn a blind eye to the right
'South Africa seems to be experiencing a similar upsurge, except that the white right-wing never actually went away'
Free speech is costly
Freedom of expression is one of the cornerstones of our nascent constitutional democracy, and it is unquestionably a principle worth defending
Editing Steve: The limits of free expression
'Over the years Steve Hofmeyr has reinvented himself from the poor man’s Brad Pitt to a singer to a political public commentator'
EDITORIAL: Hofmeyr? Seriously?
Hofmeyr isn’t capable of singing a new song; he just recycles his old hits, which are just some old folk songs from a rather nasty tradition.
Krog, Pauw speak out on newspaper’s decision to publish Hofmeyr’s views
The weekly Afrikaans paper was challenged on social media after it published an opinion piece by right-wing popstar Steve Hofmeyr.
Bigotry seldom announces itself
Most bigotry is implicit in our attitudes and actions. Bigotry does not routinely announce itself like a giant pimple on a teenager’s face.
What’s the good news? Fake news and acts of kindness
Watch out for the potholes in the road ahead and never, ever spell-shame on Twitter.
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