UCT’s ‘revolution’ unpacked – John Kane Berman
UCT, writes Professor Benatar, is not all bad. There are pockets of the university that function really well, and many people of goodwill who span the racial spectrum.
UCT, writes Professor Benatar, is not all bad. There are pockets of the university that function really well, and many people of goodwill who span the racial spectrum.
Security cameras caught Chumani Maxwele playing a singular role in the UCT arson on 15 February, there is no doubt in Ed Herbst’s mind that he should stand trial.
As a person interested in what happens at the interface between politics and media, Ed Herbst was troubled by a sentence in a recent Cape Times front page story.
The time is ripe at UCT and elsewhere for transparent, democratic, intimidation-free, and unbiased investigation to identify problems and shared goals.
In his latest piece, former SABC journalist Ed Herbst compares Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s antics with those of Independent boss Dr Iqbal Survé.
Chumani Maxwele was well known for his misogyny and penchant for violence before he unleashed it at UCT. But as Ed Herbst explains, this was deliberately withheld by the Cape Times.
Ed Herbst says the tipping point came in November last year when RMF ratcheted up the attacks on Dr Max Price and the campus vandalism across the country increased exponentially after that.
Cape Messenger editor Donwald Pressly says while racist stories in South Africa must be told (and reported), it must be remembered that they are also not the whole story.
Matthew Kruger dispenses with niceties of political correctness to describe the actions by #Rhodesmustfall (RMF) leadership precisely what they are.
The student campaign to remove the statue of Cecil John Rhodes from Oriel College in Oxford has ignited a debate about Britain’s colonial past.