Is Mandela’s legacy in danger?

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

About a week ago I received an email from a person living in Germany who I met a couple of years ago when she visited South Africa. She was looking for advice on a presentation titled 'The ANC wins again, South African elections - is the legacy/heritage of Nelson Mandela ...

I don’t think the DA get’s it…

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

With their shiny new website and all, the DAhas been trying to engage more and more with social media. One of those means has been Helen Zille's Twitter account. It's nice and all getting updates from the leader of the opposition. But Twitter is meant to be about conversation - with ...

Africa on Barack Obama

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Helen Zille has something right in her weekly newsletter - that Africa has Barack Obama wrong: The Zimbabwean dictator interpreted Obama’s victory through a racial prism; he saw it as an affirmation of racial identity. In fact, it was the exact opposite. It was the triumph of the open, opportunity society ...

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