Mulder and Mantashe: ‘Whites’ vs ‘Africans’
Christi van der Westhuizen examines the operations of ‘whiteness’ and claims of ‘Africanness’ in recent comments by Freedom Front Plus leader Pieter Mulder and ANC…
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Will the real superpower please stand up?
Post-Apartheid South Africa has elected to do the diplomatic soft-shoe shuffle in matters of human rights, good governance and democracy on the continent. On…
Race: The DA’s elephant in the policy room
Can the Democratic Alliance chart a way forward for liberalism and rid itself of a pernicious form of whiteness, asks Christi van der Westhuizen….
Blame government, not constitution
Worryingly South Africa’s model democratic constitution is increasingly wrongly made the scapegoat for government failures to create jobs, slash poverty and provide quality public…
The problem with whiteness
White people still accrue benefits from their whiteness, even if they claim victimhood. A few years ago at a discussion on race and redress,…
Sweet dreams: The speech I wish Zuma had given
I dreamed that President Zuma delivered this SONA speech last week. In it, he pledged to end the violent service delivery protests and fix…
Power and Inequality in Africa
Since independence from colonialism and white-minority regimes, individual African countries have, in the context of the global order, suffered from inequality in power –…
Delivering a democratic developmental state in South Africa
The Asian financial crisis, which followed the wave of democratisation after the end of the Cold War, sparked an intense debate over the concept…
Pulpits used to fight ANC factional battles
As the country appears to plod along aimlessly with moral decay, rampant corruption and public service delivery failures, the church must be a voice…