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In the last two days we’ve been treated to such ill informed, bad and reductionist journalism about the Dutch and their relationship to Afrikaners and culpability for colonialism and apartheid, that I just had to quickly write this blog post. So what exactly is the relationship?
Fact 1
The Dutch state, the Netherlands, never decided to colonise [...]

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Beebop, who often comments on this blog has regularly put the question to me, why don’t whities stop whining and do something positive?
That is a very good question.
Last Sunday Esebius Mackaiser took on this theme, after a debate between Antjie Krog and Rian Malan.
Their respective takes on the phenomenology of whiteness differ sharply. In [...]

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So hardly a week went by after I did my interview with Dan Roodt and I’ve changed my mind. I’ve been watching Mr. Roodt on Facebook. I’ve been watching what he writes and the comments he receives from others.
Not only is he a suurgat (sourpuss), he is venynig (he enjoys causing pain), and he is [...]

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Rian Malan, South Africa’s serial traitor of the heart put it eloquently in the Telegraph this week:
“South Africa has an extraordinary ability to make fools of those who attempt to predict its future. As I coasted into the airport’s shiny new parking lot, I realised that I’d shot myself in the foot yet again. I [...]

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This week I saw on Twitter that Dan Roodt was visiting London. I tweeted it and was Retweeted by Murray Hunter:
RT @wildebees SA right organising, Dan Roodt now in London after Belgian visit.

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I just spotted via a Tweet from @Sisiwami this new documentary coming out about one of my favourite cities in the world. And where I was born. And thank goodness its not made by an outsider.
Here’s the teaser. It’s called Unhinged and it looks interesting.

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A while ago Kameraad’s friends – The Wedding DJ’s – gigged in Soweto, and they met the Smarteez, a fashion crew from Soweto. Now the hipster mag from London Dazed & Confused have discovered them. I took an excerpt of the Dazed Video for you.

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