11 May 2018. Never mind the previous post. Doing his biography is still problematic. He doesn’t want this or that in it, why am I not interested in so- and -so, why don’t I do a bit more research into what Mozambique was like in 1974, because that is important too, and I must talk …
29 April 2018 Can one write a biography about one’s significant other? The journalistic answer would be no, since one is obviously too biased and personally involved. On the other hand many, including myself, would love to read what the spouse of someone who happens to be in the public spotlight would have to say …
Ivan Pillay’s article for Sunday Times, published with the newspaper’s apology after the Media Ombudsman’s verdict with regard to the smear campaign waged in 2014 and 2015. Read it online here.
Former members of the leadership of the Anti Apartheid Movement Netherlands (AABN) have spoken out in solidarity with ‘many South Africans who raise their voice against state capture and the defilement of shared ideals’. In an Open Letter to the ANC they express their ‘grave concern’ about recent investigation of SARS officials by the South …
ZAM editor Bart Luirink wonders why his former comrades in the Anti Apartheid Movement are investigated by the South African police. Read his article here.