Rebecca Davis on Cape Town CBD looting

Gives some idea of the complex mix of factors involved in Cape Town looting. Continue reading

International relations appear indifferent to detention of Tokyo

Department of International Relations and Cooperation do not seem very worried about Tokyo Sexwale’s detention at JFK airport. Continue reading

Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega needs to step down so that irregular conduct can be investigated

At one point I used to argue that it was necessary for a police chief to be a person who was close to the head of state, Continue reading

Steven Grootes, the mini-budget and reading the security of tenure of Pravin Gordhan

When Jacob Zuma was elected ANC president and subsequently, through the subversion of the legal process was able to be state president Continue reading

Organisational culture tolerates corruption. Douglas Mthukwane on ANC Northern Cape elections

This article illustrates how settled in ANC culture it has become to elect people with question marks around their names. Continue reading

Sarah Evans, Diepsloot women demand their children’s safety

Child rape has become one of the scourges of the new South Africa Continue reading

Rebecca Davis, When culture and policing collide. Circumcision deaths and ukuthwala -unpunished crimes

The area of what is described as cultural practices has now become a site where there are extensive abuses Continue reading

Poverty and intersex people. a conversation with intersex activist Mani Mitchell

In our constitution we protect freedom of sexual orientation. Continue reading

Rebecca Davis, Abortion in South Africa. A conspiracy of silence

The right to freedom of choice in relation to terminating pregnancies is one of the progressive laws enacted after 1994. Continue reading

Raymond Suttner, Response to comments on my article in the Mail and Guardian of 27 September 2013

I recently published an article analysing the degeneration of the ANC led tripartite alliance. Continue reading

Paul Vallely, Pope Francis-not so much reformer as revolutionary

Personally, I have been cautious on Pope Francis because of his role during the Argentinian junta period and his apparent hostility Continue reading

Raymond Suttner on disintegration of the ANC/SACP/COSATU alliance

The tripartite alliance has sold its soul

John Capel: State fails Marikana workers by not paying lawyers

The focus of some on the fees of Dali Mpofu (much lower than the evidence leaders and others) detracts from the broader duty of the state Continue reading

Raymond Suttner, Let us hope the US strike against Syria is no more

If a regional war through US strikes against Syria is averted, paradoxically, it will not be because of restraint on the side of the US, Continue reading

Raymond Suttner, The campaign against apartheid Israel and the slogan ‘kill the Jew’

Amongst the components of any serious campaign is the use of slogans.  Continue reading

Gauteng police boss appointment reversed on day of announcement

The announced appointment and withdrawal of the appointment of the Gauteng police commissioner within hours in one day, Continue reading

Raymond Suttner: Government and tripartite alliance ‘no pitch’ at Marikana memorial

From the first days after the Marikana massacre Continue reading

Sisonke Msimang, Dear corruption watch. What about the victim?

This article by Sisonke Msimang asks why Corruption Watch did no more than ‘censure’ Zwelinzima Vavi Continue reading

Gcobani Qambela, Why Trevor Noah’s tweets about Caster Semenya matters

I do not know what Caster Semenya’s sexual orientation is. What I do know is that she is constitutionally entitled to decide how she wants to be, in terms of her sexual identity and her choice of sexual practices so long as this does not violate the rights of others.  We are speaking of a young woman who has had traumatic experiences because her sexuality was questioned in the course of her athletic career.  A comedian is a public figure and if that person is to do more than make people laugh, especially if s/he is a satirist there must be some sense of responsibility and respect towards other human beings especially someone who is vulnerable.  And this is especially so if Caster Semenya has chosen a sexual identity that deviates form heteronormativity.  We are living through a period of repeated ‘corrective rapes’.   We are entitled to expect that all public figures should take steps to combat this scourge and even if their job is humour, to defend constitutionalism, and individual identities and choices.

http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/oneyoungworld/2013/08/12/why-trevor-noahs-tweet-about-caster-semenya-matters/

Raymond Suttner: Decisions/concessions made by the Mandela-led ANC during the transition towards post-apartheid South Africa

The transcript and interview with Professor Sampie Terreblanche  (link at the end of this article) provides insights Continue reading