With few exceptions, the Afrikaner suffers from a moral and spiritual defect — the inability to tolerate dissent. Authoritarian to the verge of stupidity, Afrikaners are unable to condone debate on issues which effect the identity of the nation. For instance: On a number of occasions, I have rais...

THE Anti-Nuclear Caucus of the Alternative Media Forum has voiced its concern over pro-nuclear bias in the media. Citing concerns that issues have not been addressed adequately by editorials, op-ed and letters pages, the group has offered to assist editors, as well as "all readers of print media"...

A UNITED NATION'S convention has adopted key elements of South Africa's Bill of Rights on the eve of the country's Constitution Celebrations. These include human dignity, equality and psychological integrity, in other words, the right to be considered a person and to exercise legal capacity, irre...

[This is a version of a letter sent to litnet]Thank you for including my words as an English speaker, and Tweede Taal Kieser. Unfortunately, you have misquoted me as saying the Suid Oosterfees festival should be "less of a feel-good feast for Afrikaners and their servants, and more of an expressi...

Dear Ed, In a report carried by the Cape Times (28/11/2006), Karen Breytenbach misrepresented a case before the CCMA as an allegation of "being dismissed unfairly". Documents, now before the labour court, reflect the fact that the allegation is one of unfair discrimination, and the only remedy av...

IT would seem that concerted pressure from bloggers has forced the M&G Online to back down on its hardline stance concerning my response to a recent censorship episode. To view the damage, go to the letters page where no less than two of my letters have been published. So much for right-wing edit...