Ethnic nationalism breeds racism and causes divisions

BY HLANGANANI GUMBI
E.TV’s 3rd Degree show and post debate on 3rd Degree Plus on 25th May 2010 centred around racism and left one deeply saddened at the entrenched racism in our society. The show covered a number of incidents from the effects of the AWB Leader Eugene Terre’blanche murder, to the both previous and recent [...]

Cultural diversity: should we celebrate or reject it?

Graham Robert Pote argues that with eleven official languages and over fifteen cultures, each predominantly defined by a different language, South Africa is ‘diversity-101’. The country’s motto, which lies beneath the coat of arms, states “diverse people unite” and can also mean “unity in diversity.” However, is there really unity in South Africa, he wonders.

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