Well now this is interesting. The Huggies ad that caused such a stink -- no pun intended, but I'll take what I can get -- has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa. Having successfully* defended several ads subject to rul...
Submitted by Matthew Beetar
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United Provinces of South Africa, and to the Republic for which it stands ...
Then again, maybe not.
I have run into a fair amount of criticism for not being completely patri...
Having withheld from commenting on the pledge issue, I ask myself if such a thing could help heal my country as it gets sicker by the day.
Friday was one of lowest points this year, as members of my profession, our craft, exposed their racist hea...
The proposed pledge of allegiance for schoolchildren has already received voluminous comment from contributors to and diverse readers of Thought Leader. Minister Naledi Pandor said she could not see why people might have any problem with the pledge.
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I have been following the brouhaha over the proposed schools' pledge with great interest and it has made me question whether there is such a thing as a South African identity or a South African nation.
Most of the supposed outrage over the pledge ...
The current reaction to Naledi Pandor's youth pledge is another in a long line of negativity that seems to be infesting the white population at present. There seems to be this constant knee-jerk reaction of intense negativity that should not continue...
This week's Talkback question on the Mail & Guardian Online:
Would you encourage your child to recite the proposed pupils' pledge?
The proposed pledge
We the youth of South Africa
Recognising the injustices of our past,
Honour those who ...
