THE MENDELSOHN review application against two UCT Council resolutions is taking place in the Western Cape High Court. It presents important challenges to a debate on rival definitions of antisemitism, academic freedom and the right to dissent under the current constitution. The basis for the chal...
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Mail & Guardian proves itself to be a source of destruction of apartheid memory, once again
THIS MORNING I awoke to social media by a veteran journalist, reposting the words of a KZN academic about one of the seminal moments of my generation, an event known as Purple Rain. One would expect a journalist whose writing, often on behalf of a major weekly, suggest she is more than capable of...
Here is what they’re hiding from the public
Some of the pieces thrown out by Media24 People's Post: Almost 20 years with no justice, just corruption and lies by the ANC regime. SEE: Letter to Media24 tackling some of the above.
“It’s all about a black magician”. The Heart 104.9 incident (part 2)
MORNING Yoga in a prison cell catapults me out of E-Section, the door literally unlocks itself as I am led away by a burly Afrikaner warden, only too pleased to see me. I am once again processed for the transport to Caledon Square, the holding cells at the Magistrates Courts, in which one is luck...
“It’s all about a black magician”. The Heart 104.9 incident (part 1)
IN 2007 I stumbled into a parallel universe, one in which it is illegal to be Jewish. Apparently my identity is triggering for some people and apartheid never happened? I say this because I was locked up for antagonizing a Muslim news anchor at Heart 104.9 with my complaint about the suppression...
Gillian Schutte receives journalism award from Nuclear industry
RUSSIA'S state nuclear energy corporation, ROSATUM, has awarded "journalist", Gillian Schutte with an award on behalf of the nuclear industry. "As Africa increasingly positions itself at the forefront of multipolar nuclear partnerships, the Rosatom Media Award reinforces the significance of indep...