South Africa stands out as a country that strongly defends democracy
The article shows ignorance about liberalism, its supporters and what it has done for this country and the rest of the world
The people need to remove their blinkers and reclaim their minds to achieve a better future
China’s decision on edtech firms demonstrates a desire to achieve equity even at the expense of profits, and there are lessons for South Africa
The DA is stuck in classical liberalism when there are new ways of thinking about capitalism and the role of the state – and its denial of race as a concept is disingenuous
Political ideologies — communism, capitalism, liberalism — and an unrealistic view of the world as we’d like it to be got us into this mess
Although Ian Buruma was removed as the editor-in-chief of the New York Review of Books in September 2018, he still speaks his mind
Unless it’s centred on egalitarianism. And
the political left can’t guarantee equality either
Bongani Madondo says the meltdown amid racial witch-hunting portends the beginning of the end of white liberalism itself
Companies are trying to build community among workers. But this can have sinister side-effects
Leaving aside the schoolroom-debate gymnastics that radical liberal Eusebius McKaiser is wont to use, the core issue in the debate is what he avoids.
Liberalism is not the paragon of virtue it is held up to be. As its authority wanes we need to unshackle reason from its strictures.
With Mmusi Maimane’s rise to leadership comes a new brand of liberalism that would gain the approval of previous incarnations of the DA.