Posted on 22 July 2009 by The Editor
The latest edition of Focus Magazine – the flagship publication of the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) – contains within it five speeches by President Jacob Zuma, all of them printed in full. Is this really the kind of thinking the HSF, a liberal institution, should be promoting? There is a strong case to be made [...]
Filed under: Civil Society, Independence, Jacob Zuma, Public Debate | Tagged: Focus Magazine, Helen Suzman Foundation, HSF, Jacob Zuma, Liberalism, Raenette Taljaard, Trevor Manuel | 2 Comments »
Posted on 25 July 2008 by The Editor
There is a strong case to be made that, under the ANC, South Africa is increasingly embracing mediocrity at the expense of merit and excellence. Why is this? What is it about the ANC, and nationalism more generally, that seems to oppose excellence and seek to reduce institutions to the lowest common denominator.
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