The DA’s white, liberal establishment has to face the facts
Indications from the just concluded federal congress of the Democratic Alliance (DA) are that it will take some time yet, if ever it should…
Christi van der Westhuizen
Affirming human dignity towards non-racialism
Anti-racism week has recently ended, culminating in Human Rights Day. To mark 21 March as Human Rights Day confirms the democratic intention to overturn…
Afrikaner identity in post-apartheid South Africa
Why is it that when the West was turning away from direct colonialism in the mid-20th century, South Africa shifted to apartheid, an intensified…
Fear and loathing: The ANC’s enemies are everywhere
The discussion documents for the ANC’s upcoming fifth policy conference reveal a party that professes a desire for self-correction and renewal but seems to…
How Afrikaner identity can be re-imagined in a post-apartheid world
In a post-apartheid context, is a democratic Afrikaner identity possible? Are there other traditions apart from apartheid that can be drawn on in Afrikaner…
Media’s gender apartheid
Outgoing Johannesburg Stock Exchange chief executive Russell Loubser’s recent slapping of a female Mail & Guardian reporter’s behind at a press conference serves as a…
Working Democracy – Perspectives on South Africa’s Parliament at 20 Years
Download the book Working Democracy, Perspectives on South Africa’s Parliament at 20 Years by Christi van der Westhuizen as PDF here: CvdW – working-democracy-book
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…
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….
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,…