Media freedom
[Source: De Volkskrant by Mark Schenkel.]
Commentatoren menen dat Zuma het virtuele podium beklimt voor zelfbeklag en dat hij probeert te stoken in het ANC, de regeringspartij die hem een jaar geleden terzijde schoof als partijleider en president. Het ANC probeert juist de imagoschade uit de ruïneuze Zuma-jaren te herstellen met het oog op de landelijke verkiezingen, in mei. Read more
[Source: Politicsweb by William Saunderson-Meyer.]
He has threatened and abused. Incited violence with a nod and wink. Yet Julius Malema, self-styled Commander-in-Chief of the Economic Freedom Fighters, has seemed untouchable. Read more
[Source: FW de Klerk Foundation by Zohra Dawood.]
The last few weeks have witnessed a time of politics by insult and grandiose displays of power, largely orchestrated by Julius Malema and his EFF colleagues. Read more
[Source: Business Day by Tom Eaton.]
Nine years ago a person told me I was racist for suggesting Julius Malema was a bully with totalitarian, antidemocratic tendencies. This weekend, I read an opinion piece by that very same person, explaining that Malema is a bully with totalitarian, antidemocratic tendencies. Read more
[Source: Politicsweb by Belinda Bozzoli.]
Mr Elijah Moholola has responded to a stinging critique of UCT’s dithering around the banning and relocation of works of art on the campus, with a certain degree of incomprehension. UCTs critics (Elisa Galgut and William Daniels) have called the University out on its “bull***t’, using the arguments of philosopher Harry Frankfurt. Moholola has chosen to read this critique as a compilation of expletives. This is embarrassing for the University and leaves the argument made by Galgut and Daniels untouched. Read more