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Max Du Preez

The politics of pragmatism

Having a smart president in Thabo Mbeki is all very well, but when does philosophical indulgence come at the expense of meaningful transformation? Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah, once an icon of Pan-Africanism and anti-colonialism, ended up as a corrupt tyrant and was overthrown in a military coup in 1966.

FAILED LAND REFORM BOOSTS CONSPIRACY THEORIES

Is the government deliberately stalling on land reform in order to keep a trump card in hand for tough times ahead? It was Frederik van Zyl Slabbert who made the sobering remark some time ago that the ruling ANC’s true commitment to democracy would only be tested once there was a threat that they might be voted out of office.

Summer 2007

Max Du Preez

Left? what left?

Although Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is often held up as a paragon of left leadership by fans in South Africa, South Africa actually spends more on social services than its South American counterpart.

Winter 2007

Max Du Preez

Rediscovering South Africa

Forget London, Paris, New York.

Autumn 2008

Max Du Preez

Another kind of trip

If I had a few million to invest right now, which sadly I don’t, I wouldn’t invest it in any venture related to tourism.

Spring 2007

Max Du Preez