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            <title>25 years of democracy (Part 5): xenophobia repudiates foundational values of democratic South Africa</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Why is xenophobia so important? Some readers may believe that the title of this article places too much weight on xenophobia.  It comprises a set of practices that some even deny exists.  Alternatively, while acknowledging its existence, it is said by officials not to be tolerated in South Africa.  Furthermore, much that is xenophobic is concealed by being described simply as criminal.]]></description>
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            <author>Creamer Media Reporter  </author>
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            <title>25 years of democracy (part 3): Denial of dignity then and now</title>
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            <title>25 years of democracy part 4: decline of the liberation project</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The impetus behind the writing of this article has been the exhortation on the part of many well-meaning people to exercise our civic duty and vote. Reference is sometimes made to the electoral system remaining credible despite the undermining of many other institutions.  Also, one encounters the refrain on social media, after one or other outrageous action by the ANC-led government, that we should “vote them out”.  (This is part 2 of a series on 25 years of democracy. Previous articles are to ...]]></description>
            <author>Raymond  Suttner</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2019 12:43:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>25 years of democracy (part 3): Denial of dignity then and now</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[“Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world…”- from Preamble to Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 “This Bill of Rights is a cornerstone of democracy in South Africa. It enshrines the rights of all people in our country and affirms the democratic values of human dignity, equality and freedom”.- Chapter 2 of South African Constitution, section 7 (1)]]></description>
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            <title>25 years of democracy (Part 2) Debate, depoliticisation and absence of vision </title>
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            <title>25 years of democracy (Part1): ruptures and continuities </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[There was a time when the struggle in South Africa was suffused with debate, contending positions being examined and questioned and many people learning about ideas they had not previously encountered or mastered.  This was not restricted to the ANC and its allies.  Here I draw partly on my own experience.  I was initially involved in the earliest forerunner of the DA, the Progressive Party, as a schoolboy, then in the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) and later the ANC, SACP and UDF.  Even in the liberal organisations there was a great deal of debate, especially in student politics in the 1960s.  It is true that there was a gap in that the ANC, SACP and PAC had been banned so we, as students, could not legally access their works and ideas. But within the context of liberal concerns, there was debate.  There was, as I recall, little demonisation of the ANC and the NUSAS of the time repeatedly elected Chief Albert Luthuli as its honorary president, until his death.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[How is it that what seemed so promising in the inauguration of South African democracy, 25 years ago, has turned sour?  Should those who were involved in the struggle and the transition have anticipated the crime and grime and general decay of the liberation project that has ensued? What is telling about where we find ourselves now is that much attention is devoted, not to moving forward but in the first place and that may take time, to return to where we were a few years back before the widespread pillage set in. But it is worse.  As various enquiries are indicating, this pillage did not start when it became a powerful part of public consciousness, during the Jacob Zuma era, but earlier, as indicated by the recent revelations relating to alleged contracts concerning BOSASA.]]></description>
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