The Disgrace of SA’s Post-Colonial ‘Mimic Men’
IN 1967, a book by Caribbean writer VS Naipaul examined how newly-created elites in newly-independent countries that had laboured under
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IN 1967, a book by Caribbean writer VS Naipaul examined how newly-created elites in newly-independent countries that had laboured under
Continue readingIQBAL Survé is standing neck-deep in a hole which he dug for himself – and slowly, but surely, it is
Continue readingSTEVE Hansen, the coach of probably the finest All Blacks team ever, is an ass. A big one. But he
Continue readingBETWEEN the 17th and 19th centuries, white – mainly Dutch-speaking – colonialists did not consider legal niceties when they coveted
Continue readingDIANNE Kohler Barnard has been in trouble before. Five years ago, she was suspended for a working week – by
Continue readingWhen governments in free countries lose the capacity to govern effectively, they look for scapegoats – and, invariably, one of
Continue readingOn Monday, 1 August at 6.15pm, I called up the Google Website on my five-year-old Acer laptop, typed in the
Continue readingFar too often we let politicians get away with spouting the type of waste product that emerges from a bull’s
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