Liberalism
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RW Johnson dies, still inimical to the post-1994 dispensation
Richard William (RW) Johnson, a leading South African liberal public intellectual, journalist, analyst, and academic, has passed away at his home in Cape Town. Known for his…
With the rise in right-wing populism, democracy around the world is weakened
South Africa stands out as a country that strongly defends democracy
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
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
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
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
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
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
Don’t be distracted by liberalism debate
Unless it’s centred on egalitarianism. And the political left can’t guarantee equality either
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
Communitarian ideals in capitalist workplaces
Companies are trying to build community among workers. But this can have sinister side-effects
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.
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.
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.