south africa
- Sep- 2021 -19 SeptemberSelected Analysis
South Africa’s fatigued and narcissistic nation-building discourse
In 1848, Marx spoke of a spectre haunting Europe. In South Africa, we too have a spectre haunting us—Rainbow Nationalism.…
Read More » - Aug- 2021 -17 AugustSelected Analysis
What is Black Conservatism in South Africa
The last time South Africans had serious intellectual discussions about black conservatism was in the late 1980s. Various academics and…
Read More » - 1 AugustSelected Analysis
Freedom and the struggle for dignity in South Africa
There is something about freedom that restores people’s dignity,” a former ANC comrade recently told me. “Dignity means many things.…
Read More » - Jul- 2021 -28 JulySelected Analysis
William Shoki: Mobilizing in disorder
There has been much effort to try and characterize the nature of the unrest that has gripped South Africa in…
Read More » - 17 JulySelected Analysis
South Africa unrest: We are not a failed state, but a failed global system
South Africa is in a tough spot at the moment and it’s frightening to see a system that already feels so…
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