TANKIES are leftists who defend Russia's invasion of the Ukraine, but who are otherwise opposed to the use of tanks to resolve disputes. It is a term derived from an earlier generation of Western leftists who backed the Soviet invasion of Hungary...
Category: Freedom
Send the ‘Groot Boetie’ FPB amendment & copyright bill back to legislators
ONE month ago, the controversial FPB amendment bill was passed by South Africa's Parliament. It came as a major blow to online content providers battling prior restraint and other apartheid-era laws from a previous period of newsroom censorship, and will ostensibly turn ISPs into cops, tasked wit...
Open letter to Farid Esack
Dear Farid Esack, As one of many secular South Africans of Jewish descent who fought against apartheid, and who once believed you to be a comrade, I wish to respond to your latest opinion piece on the subject of the Middle East problem. Your incoherent ramblings, in which you appear unable to dis...
Temple of Solomon to be rebuilt in Jerusalem
ISPs refuse to shut down Pirate Bay
INTERNET service providers have refused to cooperate with an entertainment industry group's demand to shut down The Pirate Bay, Following Friday's conviction of the four men connected with the popular file sharing site, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry ( IFPI ) is demandi...
2010 rights watch – Fifa restricting civil rights
A DRACONIAN Cape Town City Bylaw could outlaw indoor gatherings of more than 50 people where microphones, Ipods, and and ghetto blasters are used and if the result is amplified sound , even if the event happens in the comfort of your living room, consider it an offence without a license. The prop...