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 10 July 2009 by The Editor
The recent letter by Trevor Manuel to the Business Day, defending Peter de Villiers, is defined by two things: first, it is constructed around a logical fallacy and, second, it is entirely hypocritical – while Manuel might now advocate winning, he never used to. The letter’s particular nature is reminiscent of the kind of attacks [...]
Filed under: Excellence, Intellectual Dishonesty, Media, Nationalism, Reason, Thabo Mbeki | Tagged: Business Day, Donald Lee, Excellence, Logical Fallacies, Peter Bruce, Peter de Villiers, Sport, Springboks, Straw Man, Thabo Mbeki, Trevor Manuel, Winning | Leave a Comment »
