Reparation

Why economic inequality in South Africa is not a race thing.

So, the other day i tried to take a few steps back in this ongoing Race and Reconciliation conversation we've been having over here with this post trying to see if we could all agree that the incredibly out-of-proportion extreme gap between rich and poor in our country [and the world at large] is not okay. Most people stayed away from engaging at all [maybe it's cos of the busy time of the year, but [...]

By brettfish|2014-12-17T00:24:51+02:00December 17th, 2014|challenging thorts, life, pain and Hope, Uncategorized|38 Comments

First steps towards a really new South Africa – a guest post by Nkosi Gola

My good friend, Linda Martindale introduced me to a friend of hers, Nkosivumile Gola at the TRC Re-Enactment meetings we both went to a week or so ago in Stellenbosch. When i heard that Nkosi had a blog i immediately asked him if he would consider writing a piece for mine. Not to give him an easy ride, i posed this topic to him - the fact that for white people who do want to [...]

By brettfish|2014-10-21T23:34:15+02:00October 21st, 2014|challenging thorts, change the world, pain and Hope, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|70 Comments