SOME get what Whoopi was trying to say: 'Slavery wasn't about race, Apartheid wasn't about race, the Holocaust wasn't about race. It was about man's inhumanity to man.' (Or in the case of Leni Riefenstahl, woman's inhumanity to woman). Except, that wasn't exactly what she was saying. The wording...

MANY eulogies following the death of Desmond Tutu exaggerate the Anglican cleric's post-democratic contribution in the process glossing over serious shortcomings. That Tutu was a leading light in the struggle against apartheid can never be cast in doubt, and I take pride in having marched with hi...

CONTRIBUTIONS by two correspondents published on Politicsweb demonstrate the diametrically opposed views on the existence of Israel as a "democratic state with a Jewish character". Roy Iscawowitz has taken Milton Shain to task for reiterating the manner in which the country sprung to life after t...

THE MISS UNIVERSE pageant was not the subject of a boycott when it was held in apartheid South Africa. In fact, the oft referred to event never occurred, and was never scheduled. Our country does not appear as a location on the list of Miss Universe pageants held every year since 1952 — except fo...

Dear Ed The DA is becoming the poster child of the Right, (Mail & Guardian 18 October 2021) refers Steven Friedman claims to be a 'political scientist'. Though his career and professorship may appear to chart a course within South Africa's academic establishment, he merely demonstrates the paroch...

Dear Ed, Seth Rogen: 'I was fed a huge amount of lies about Israel' refers As an anti-war activist opposed to the abuse of the term 'apartheid' in the Middle East, I wish to respond to the latest binary correspondence on Israel and Palestine carried by The Guardian. In particular I wish to point...