Zuma should venture down the road less taken

BY LUNGELO MAGUBANE
Robert Frost wrote of two roads that diverged into the woods and how his opting for the one less taken made all the difference. As President Zuma applies the finishing touches to his State of the Nation speech, one hopes that he will use this opportunity to take the people of South Africa [...]

It’s enlightenment — not entitlement, brother

BY JEAN-MARC VOGT
I attended the regenesys conference in early 2008. It was held at the Sandton Convention Centre; among some of the guests were Deepak Chopra and John Demartini. The course dealt with spiritual and emotional knowledge in relation to business leadership.
Dr J. Demartini was giving a mind blowing leadership speech and gave tips based [...]

Why class is more important than race

Cilliers Brink advocates a paradigm-shift from that of racial competition to social cohesion, arguing that a cohesion-centred paradigm in our society, rooted in Constitutional values, can achieve so more to channel the human and financial resources of the wealthy in aid of the poor than the ANC (and COPE) model of a racial tug-of-war.

How will Madiba’s children COPE in DA new “sosati”

How will those who started the school system from 1990 onwards cope in this new society, wonders Amanda Ngwenya. In answering this question, she argues that being black or white has always referred to a social identity. But what happens when the colour of your skin no longer gives you entitlement to that social identity?

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