democracy

the grim lessons of pearl harbour

The grim lessons of Pearl Harbor: Democracy everywhere is under threat and South Africa is no exception

Blog, Pearl Harbor

Image by WikiImages from Pixabay The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 80 years ago and the madness of World War 2 are never-forgotten reminders that democracy and freedom are not the natural order of any society. We in South Africa have learnt now for certain what millions across the globe learnt 80 years ago – […]

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Reconciliation and redemption: The old man and the dark shadow of the past

Blog, Reconciliation

As a brutal war rages in Europe, this writer considers what South Africa’s own violent history reflects to the wider world about reconciliation and even redemption. I have been haunted by this image for months: an old man in an ill-fitting, pale blue shirt and flapping khaki pants, wearing a grey woollen beanie on his

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