Max Du Preez's Blog, page 25

Protests 'important to a democracy'

It is legitimate in a democracy for a Christian lobby to threaten a boycott of a supermarket chain because they decided to stop selling Christian magazines, says Max du Preez.

AfriForum's angry crusade

Solidarity and AfriForum have made a grave error of judgement with their hysterical campaign against Absa's encouragement of transformation in rugby, writes Max du Preez.

'Where is the centre?'

The Tripartite Alliance of the ANC, Cosatu and the South African Communist Party The Tripartite Alliance, writes Max du Preez

'Don't be too hard on Selebi'

People shouldn't be too hard on Jackie Selebi. He is actually just a metaphor of what has become of the ANC, writes Max du Preez.

Distorting history

A distorted understanding of history always leads to a distorted view of the present and hinders a nation's capacity to understand itself, writes Max du Preez.

The dream is not dead

It is not my imagination. The deep national depression is actually lifting as we get closer to the World Cup, writes Max du Preez.

Threat to democracy

The ruling party''s continuing blurring of the line between state and party is becoming a really dangerous threat to our democracy, writes Max du Preez.

Irresponsible leadership

The leadership of the ANC was grossly irresponsible to allow Malema to systematically insult and scare white South Africans over the past year, writes Max du Preez.

What has become of the ANC?

The ANC has become an insult to all those who carry its membership cards and those who voted for it last April, writes Max du Preez.

Long live the NDR!

I agree with the comrades of the ANC. We really do need a revolution in South Africa, and we need it now, writes Max du Preez.