2 April 2014, David Maimela
Programme Director
President of the NSRC and the National Executive of the NSRC
Vice-Chancellor Prof Mandla Makhanya and other members of UNISA management
Dean of Students, Prof LenkaBula
Leadership student organisations represented here tonight
Distinguished guests
Ladies and gentlemen, .…
With the release of the Public Protector’s report on the President’s homestead security upgrades, we have, in the recent past, been bombarded by a variety of degenerate theoretical aspersions in the “South African” mainstream media.…
The traditional purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer through prayer, penance, repentance, almsgiving, and self-denial.…
No other entity mediates social relations as much as the state. …
In his recent piece (Beware of African nationalism February 9 2014, The Sunday Independent) Prince Mashele argues that African nationalism has run out of its relevance as a philosophy.…
Apparently, the idea of an open, free-market economy promises ‘opportunity’, ‘growth’ and ‘competitiveness’, among other things.…
It is a given that we all different.…
Here is a list of 2014 resolutions I wish to recommend to friends.…
“HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF, FIRST AS TRAGEDY, SECOND AS FARCE” - Karl Marx
The only instance when the despicable part of history repeats itself is when the victims of that history decide to sit in their laurels and observe the sequels of such history unfolding even beyond the victims' triumph over such victimhood.…
[This is an extract from one of the papers presented at the 2013 Jabu Ndlovu Memorial Lecture, The August Month Annual Series Organised by uMgungundlovu COSATU Local]
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The 57th Anniversary of the South African Women’s Day since the year 1956 brings with itself yet another challenge in as far as its contextualisation is concerned.…