ON 16 December 1995, the first celebration of 'Reconciliation Day" took place. It was timed to coincide with the inaugural meeting of the 'South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission'. Convenor Desmond Tutu described the holiday as 'serving...
Tag: TRC
Most of all I am offended as a Secularist
IN 2010 I led evidence in a South African court that 'Judaism was not monolithic', or to use the parlance of Amma Khalid (see link below) 'monothetic', i.e based on a single basic idea or principle. There were many different expressions of Judaism I told the court, in particular there were those...
EXPOSED: Did ‘ou krokodil’ Ton Vosloo just wake up to the fact that his company continues to mock the TRC report?
TON VOSLOO, the former Naspers chairman, appears to have suddenly realised that he is 'living in a different country'. A piece published by Tammy Petersen of News24 carries details of his sudden change of heart, in which he selectively refers to events effecting the company's standing in relation...
Yes, Adriaan Basson is automatically a racist
BOUWER van Niekerk, a Johannesburg-based attorney penned an opinion on a statement this month, written by a group of concerned advocates who "were outraged by what they viewed as racist attitudes toward black legal practitioners." In the process he unwittingly raises a point in law, regarding the...
Tutu, a leading light of the anti-apartheid movement was no Saint
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...
FW de Klerk, Media24 book award, Timol inquest, Nattrass and all that TRC Hypocrisy
NEWS that FW de Klerk had decided to cancel a US trip amidst an outcry over his statements earlier this year, was greeted with relief in some quarters. Apparently the former politician hastened to avoid embarrassing his American Bar Association hosts 'in the current charged racial climate.' This...