Here’s Andrew Kenny’s “Orania” column The Citizen doesn’t want you to read
The engineer and part-time columnist’s curiosity took him to Orania, an Afrikaner-only town. What he found was too sensitive to share with newspaper readers
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Pistorius parole hits big problem – SA Justice Minister seeks legal advice
SA’s justice minister said he was seeking legal advice on whether its parole board was right to decide to free Oscar Pistorius after serving a sixth of his five-year sentence.
Trending on Twitter: Louis Botha statue in CT defaced
The war of statues continues: The statue of Louis Botha outside the gates of Parliament was smeared with red and blue paint on Wednesday night.
The Oscar Pistorius legal team loses again
Oscar Pistorius’s legal team lost its attempt to have the State Prosecutors’ appeal blocked, so questioning of the culpable homicide verdict will go ahead.
Andre Brink: SA literary giant passes – with beautiful tribute from JCW
Celebrated South African writer and outspoken apartheid critic Andre Brink died on a flight back from receiving an honorary doctorate in Belgium. He was 79.
Give Anton Rupert his due – don’t crucify his memory through ignorance
Anton Rupert was as much out of step with the political rulers of his day as Johann is now. He was no crony capitalist or old-style tenderpreneur. To tar him with that brush does the late entrepreneur a terrible injustice.
Afrikaners must reject Steve Hofmeyr, says ANCYL
Progressive Afrikaners must reject people like singer Steve Hofmeyr, who disseminate “racial venom”, the ANC Youth League in Tshwane’s Ward 91 said on Tuesday.
Pistorius is increasingly a suicide risk: psychologist
PRETORIA (Reuters) – South African Paralympic and Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius has post traumatic stress disorder and is at an increasing risk of suicide, according to a psychiatric report read out at his murder trial on Wednesday. Pistorius, a double amputee athlete, could face life in prison if he is found guilty of murdering his law graduate and … Read more