Racism

Transformayshin (1) and racism – almost inseparable

Transformayshin (trænz fɔr maj ʃi jɪn) (n).  An act that purports to change the state of a situation but gets bogged down in political ideology and results in no change whatsoever (in spite of the private sector's best intentions).   What a strange country South Africa is. We need racism (white racism) so that the free press […]

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Zulu group accuses South African Indians of racism

DURBAN: A Zulupressure group has called forSouth African Indians to be excluded from transformation processes, citing "overt racism" towards black South Africans from the time that  Mahatma Gandhi was in the country. But both the provincial government and the Indian community have dismissed the suggestions. Mazibuye African Forum, claiming to advocate socio-economic justice for indigenous Africans in South

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Ferial, the spear and Verwoerd’s idol – jungle jim

I'll do the same.  I love the fact that the ANC boycott against City Press didn't work.  We now need to watch the advertising in this publication, can the dominant party (I'd love to say ruling party but they clearly aren't that)  separate itself from its governmental role and ban all government advertising on City Press.

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The race is on – does anyone really need to win?

Not to flog a dead horse – but this is how race was determined in the heady days of apartheid.  This was taken from Constitionally Speaking  - which everyone should subscribe to.  The Population Registration Act 30 of 1950 required every South African to be classified in terms of race and these apartheid race categories included

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