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South Africans want to discuss race

September 3rd, 2009 · 8 Comments · politics, the power of identity

President Zuma recently said a debate on race would take South Africa backwards. Although I agree with his intentions, I think South Africa desperately needs such a debate. And judging by this video most South Africans would agree.
Zuma has always been a non-racialist. And he is scared of what some are calling African chauvinism. [...]

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John Qwelane’s homophobia: Old lefty answers are bankrupt

July 26th, 2008 · 15 Comments · the power of identity

Eudy Simelane
Last Sunday, a South African Sunday paper published a homophobic polemic by a veteran and well known journalist John Qwelane.
In it, Qwelane was asking for ‘a politician with balls’ to change the constitution to ban gay marriage and equating marrying a same sex partner with marrying a goat. He went on to [...]

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