As is often the case, events in the United States have been seized on with energy in South Africa. The assassination of activist Charlie Kirk has resonated across South Africa’s politics and been scrutinised by its commentariat. Much of this has been a matter of South African observers weighing in on the matter to decry the culpability of their favourite US culture war enemy – whether this be MAGA, Trump, the “right wing”, Antifa, the “left” or any permutation.
There is a discernible smugness here at what is happening in the US. This is hardly new, as a Parliamentary committee took a similar line in dispensing advice last year in the wake of one of the assassination attempts on…
Max du Preez: A prominent journalist and author known for his work on political
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Fun South African Fact: Three different destinations make up South Africa’s capital cities. This is to represent the South African government being divided into three sections. Cape Town is the legislative capital, Pretoria is the administrative capital and Bloemfontein is the judicial capital. Interestingly, Parliament meetings take place for six months in Cape Town and six months in Pretoria.
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Oscar Pistorius. Not the first South African with a race problem.