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As South Africans, we have seen in the early years of our democracy what innate good the country and its people possess (Gallo)
ATLANTIC OCEAN

The South African nation does not exist

There is no deep comradeship, common ancestry or monopoly on the legitimate use of force

  • Quentin du Plessis
10 min read
Protesters marched against farm murders in November 2017. AfriForum supported the protest but not the waving of the Vierkleur or the singing of ‘Die Stem’.
AFRIFORUM

Rainbowism is in a sunken place

South Africa’s reality is, as a comedian put it, like a playground bully being angry about having to share a stolen bike

  • Kwanele Sosibo
7 min read
Sanef chairperson Mpumelelo Mkhabela said a public interest defence clause in the Bill would truly enhance the ability of media to assist in the fight against corruption.
DIE STEM

Die Stem, disunity and the anti-state capture campaign that won’t win

A group of civil society organisations are spending Mandela Day locked inside the Rhema Bible College so that they can formulate how to "recapture" SA

  • Raeesa Pather
5 min read
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE

‘Eff Die Stem’ and other ways the EFF and DA could have reached a compromise

The political marriage between the Blues and the Red Berets is not happening, because the dowry each is offering is not what the other wanted.

  • Js Smit
3 min read
Steve Hofmeyr.
AFRIKANERS

Steve Hofmeyr, ‘Die Stem’ and living in the past

Will some in the Afrikaans community ever make peace with the fact that a new, better country awaits their participation?

  • Sthembiso Sithole
5 min read