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MacG claims to be merely a facilitator, but the shock jock is doubling down and standing by the benefits procured by his misogyny. (Supplied)

MacG is riding the wave of misogynistic podcasts

MacG claims to be merely a facilitator, but the shock jock is doubling down and standing by the benefits procured by his misogyny

Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Khaya Koko: John Steenhuisen, please take a knee

The Democratic Alliance leader rebuking cricketer Quinton de Kock would be this election season’s greatest triumph

In an episode of The Burning Platform podcast, the host, Gareth Cliff asserted that racism was not a priority in the 1 November local elections and claimed that no one was interested in identity politics.

Cliff and Steenhuisen are wrong. Here’s why race matters in South Africa

Both the podcast host and the leader of the Democratic Alliance believe in a toothless non-racialism that ignores the historical foundation of racism and the pain it inflicts in…

DA leader John Steenhuisen. Photo: (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Paddy Harper: On gleeful politicians and headless chickens

Paddy Harper doesn’t know who to vote for yet, since the Dagga Party isn’t contesting his ward, but right now what to order for lunch is a more pressing concern

‘Initially, the family meetings brought a feeling that we were all in this together and the president, along with his health minister, Zweli Mkhize, certainly had our support in attempts to save lives. But even at that moment when the lives of quite possibly millions of South Africans were at stake, corruption reared its ugly head once more in the very necessary spend that had to be unlocked to fight the pandemic.’ (GCIS)
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It has no place

Covid-19 exposes the continued inability of white South Africa to critically reflect on their positionality or engage in meaningful, self-reflective, and constructive debate

Some Malagasy are taking steps to prevent infection as the pneumonic plague spreads rapidly in urban areas across Madagascar.

#CulturePop: This our year of users and abusers

False prophets and profiting off the pain of others are among the things trending, observes Kuntha Ndimande.

Irrational: One cannot describe all whites in the #ZumaMustFall march as fascists and racists.

Racist rants expose Mngxitama

The former EFF MP is guilty of a crude reductionism that contributes nothing to a nonracial society

Idols judge Gareth Cliff wins battle with M-Net.

Entertainment News: ‘Let bygones be bygones’ says Gareth Cliff

From the Screen Actors Guild Awards winners to South Africa’s newest singing TV show, we round up the news that had us talking this week.

Will hate speech finally be definitively defined?

Jon Qwelane is challenging the constitutionality of provisions of the Equity Act and hopefully the outcome will clarify what constitutes hate speech.

Mpofu defends Cliff: Paradox or hypocrisy?

How can a black lawyer who chairs an anti-racist party defend Gareth Cliff’s right to be a racist, asks Andile Mngxitama.

Mistaken: Gareth Cliff has a right to express his ­opinions but cannot call ­illegal acts ‘freedom of expression’.

Dear Gareth Cliff, freedom of speech has limitations

Some utterances are banned by law and cannot be defended by claiming it is an individual’s right.

Former 5FM DJ Gareth Cliff now owns CliffCentral.com

Gareth Cliff: How the internet thrilled the radio star

Some think the former 5FM DJ’s switch from FM radio to online radio was a big mistake. But Alistair Fairweather begs to differ.

Life in the fast lane: SA’s celebrity speedsters

Life in the fast lane: SA’s celebrity speedsters

When celebrities and politicians find themselves on the wrong side of the law their excuses are often as colourful as their personalities.

Freedom is not for the sensitive

In an ideal world, we would have thought monitors to curb the spread of foot-in-mouth disease.

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Gareth Cliff to Julius Malema: A case for the thought police?

Never mind shoot the boer, <b>Verashni Pillay</b> thinks we should ban shooting our mouths off.

Foul words

Foul words, foul breath

Gareth Cliff has been reported to the BCCSA after making allegedly sexist remarks. He is far from the first South African DJ to put his foot in it.

White supremacy rant against Gareth Cliff sullies rational political debate

Andile Mngxitama’s accusation that Cliff is an ‘effective agent of racism’ is nonsensical.

The face of white supremacy

The face of white supremacy

<b>Andile Mngxitama</b> says Gareth Cliff is the poster boy of post-1994 racism and the ANC is happy to burnish his image.

Shock jock meets the spin doctor

5FM shock jock Gareth Cliff’s meeting with the president’s spin doctor Zizi Kodwa on Monday afternoon was a bit of an anticlimax.

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Angry little fat man

So most Idols contestants can’t sing: does that give the judges the right to humiliate them on live TV?