A lot of people — the decadent amoral bourgeoisie, mostly — have got awfully upset over Jon Qwelane’s latest tirade. Why the fuss? The Sunday Sun is gutter press and Qwelane’s equally contemptible opinions are part and parcel of a paper that believes that stoking xenophobia and perpetuating intolerance is a prerequisite in speaking to [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘constitution’
July 26, 2008
Jon Qwelane’s gay-bashing column
After the furore surrounding Jon Qwelane’s gay-bashing column in the Sunday Sun Smut, News24.com apparently decided not to publish it – as they usually do with Qwelane’s muck. As it turns out, a UCT blog called Media Flaws has a copy which has been reproduced below. So, if you’re curious as to see what the [...]
July 9, 2008
I am a counter-revolutionary too, Mr Mantashe
Dear Gwede
You seem to have a habit of attacking anything that poses a threat to your lord-and-master’s accession to power. First it was the Scorpions; now the judiciary. Of course I can’t really blame you — a lot is riding on the gravy train that departed from Polokwane last December, and I dare say you’re [...]
June 18, 2008
The Zanu-PF Fan Club (also known as the ANC)
Robert Mugabe is one lucky dictator, being in the enviable position of having outsourced his foreign diplomacy efforts to the South African government. By preventing a discussion in the United Nations Security Council on Zimbabwe’s political situation, South Africa is doing its utmost to ensure that the international community does nothing about the tyrannous regime’s [...]
February 18, 2008
Has the Freedom Charter been forgotten?
One of the most remarkable things about the Freedom Charter was the democratic process involved in its creation. People the length and breadth of this country were encouraged to send in their submissions about what they believed the charter should include.
In his autobiography, the late Joe Slovo writes:
Literally tens of thousands of scraps of paper [...]
