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How Woke activism destroyed UCT’s Professor Bongani Mayosi

The destructively judgmental element of Wokeism at UCT in the turbulent Fallist period claimed the life by suicide of the Dean of the Faculty of Health ...

The long, sinister shadow of Robin DiAngelo in South Africa's schools

Richard Wilkinson writes in his second article about Critical Race Theory and the bizarre influence and extraordinary earning power of Robin DiAngelo. She ...

Julius Malema – a victim of hate speech. Seriously?

Kenny Kunene of the Patriotic Alliance called Julius Malema a 'cockroach', a 'little frog', and a 'criminal'. A judge found Kunene guilty of hate speech. I ...

"Dubul' ibhunu" or "Kill the boer" - free speech or hate speech? - 1

The sight of nearly 100,000 supporters and officials at the EFF's 10th anniversary singing "Kill the boer" and led by Julius Malema was very sobering. His ...

"Dubul' ibhunu" or "Kill the boer" - free speech or hate speech? - 2

The sight of nearly 100,000 supporters and officials at the EFF's 10th anniversary singing "Kill the boer" and led by Julius Malema was very sobering. His ...

Ruminations on the "Truth" (Part 2)

In Part 2 of this series, Terence Corrigan discusses how people and societies can protect themselves from misinformation, and how they should genuinely honour ...

"Dubul' ibhunu" or "Kill the boer" - free speech or hate speech? - 3

The sight of nearly 100,000 supporters and officials at the EFF's 10th anniversary singing "Kill the boer" and led by Julius Malema was very sobering. His ...

Hate Speech Bill in late 2022: Still a threat to free expression?

The "Hate Speech" Bill should not provide for as many "protected grounds" against hate speech as it does: it should be limited by the narrower terms contained ...

Ruminations on “Truth” (Part 1)

Our public conversation is dominated by narrative, by emotion and the heady lure of perceived virtue. In appropriating the concept to truth, as has been done ...