Opinion
Satire and the spear
First we had the Spear, a painting by Brett Murray. Now we have the Dick, a cartoon by Jonathan — Zapiro — Shapiro. And this satire of a genital nature has, in both cases, caused the same polarised reaction: support or amused indifference on one side; expressions of outrage on the other.
Terry Bell
Opinion | 18 July 2012
Information Technology and the Treatment Action Campaign: successes and pitfalls
On 10 December 1998, about 10 people picketed outside St Georges Cathedral in Cape Town. They demanded that the state roll out a programme to reduce the risk of pregnant women transmitting HIV to their infants and for drug companies to lower their HIV medicine prices. This marked the modest beginning of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC).
Nathan Geffen
Opinion | 18 July 2012
The indispensable role of progressive civil society
This is COSATU General Secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi’s, opening address to the Equal Education National Congress in Tembisa on 8 July 2012.
Zwelinzima Vavi
Opinion | 11 July 2012
Education crisis: More than book destruction
In an incredible irony, copies of Alan Paton’s Cry the Beloved Country were among the thousands of books shredded and dumped in what can only be described as an
orgy of destruction in Limpopo.
Terry Bell
Opinion | 11 July 2012
HakiElimu: The hope for education in Tanzania
Mary-Jane Matsolo recently visited Tanzania and met members of an extraordinary education activist movement called HakiElimu.
Mary-Jane Matsolo
Opinion | 11 July 2012
A life in history
This is a talk given by historian Shula Marks at the University of Johannesburg in May on the occasion of her receiving an honorary PhD. Marks is emeritus professor of history at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London.
Shula Marks
Opinion | 11 July 2012
The inequality of murder
Doron Isaacs writes about the murder of Mnoneleli Ngubo, his friend and a fellow leader in Equal Education.
Doron Isaacs
Opinion | 6 July 2012
Of transitions, nonsense and historical distortions
“What the country now needs is growth with social justice. And this will require the state to play a major role in creating the conditions and dictating the policy direction of economic growth.”
Terry Bell
Opinion | 4 July 2012
White youth as part of a larger community
This is a speech given by journalist Waldimar Pelser at an Ndifuna Ukwazi seminar on 16 June.
Waldimar Pelser
Opinion | 27 June 2012