Paying tribute to the legend that was Farook Khan
9 October 2019
Youngster inspired by enigmatic and colourful journalist
Aakash Bramdeo returned to editing Post in 2019. He asked me to resume my previous column which I stopped writing when he had previously left the paper. I instead chose to start something new.
Srikanthan is one of the names of Vishnu. Another name for Vishnu is Jagannath, “the unstoppable force”, which gives us the modern word juggernaut. Pillay writes about understanding the unstoppable forces which shape our lives in technology, commerce, science and society.
"Juggernaut" ran in Post every week from 31 July to mid December.
Do not underestimate US’s move against the Guptas
16 October 2019
How Magnitsky Act was born out of death and corruption
Mashaba’s resignation from DA beginning of the end
23 October 2019
Grand experiment of party governing Africa’s financial capital with EFF’s permission over
Rise of a new Ottoman empire?
30 October 2019
Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi will see the emergence of a new power
Spend our way to prosperity
6 November 2019
Slash the taxes on middle-class taxpayers and trigger the multiplier effect
Is Ramaphosa a man of iron?
20 November 2019
Lessons can be learnt from Singapore’s founding leader
Unions declare victory, but it’s one not for the workers
27 November 2019
SAA strike has cost the country dearly
Finding ways to relate to each other more graciously
4 December 2019
Landmark ruling a balance in human rights
What Britain’s departure from EU will mean for South Africa
11 December 2019
World on tenterhooks as UK goes to the polls this week, with Boris Johnson’s Brexit a likely winner
The HPCSA needs a strong dose of something
18 December 2019
Outside Durban, south-east of Marianhill and north-west of Shallcross, there’s a settlement called St Wendolins.
Back in the 80s, this predominantly Nguni community was threatened with forced removals under the Group Areas Act.
And so it was that I found myself driving up there from Durban on a Saturday afternoon in 1982 to cover a prayer meeting, when I passed a crowd standing in a circle in front of the women's hostel at the racecourse end of what was then called Grey Street.