Midrand Group @MidrandGroup
The official twitter account of the Midrand Group - an intellectual association (NPC) for advancing public dialogue and critical reflection. midrandgroup.co.za Pretoria Joined January 2012-
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DA faces a crossroads, but fears losing its historical self bdlive.co.za/opinion/column… - writes @SongezoZibi via @BDLive
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The Second Coming of Freedom --> financialmail.co.za/opinion/fromth…
ICC pullout not so simple financialmail.co.za/opinion/fromth…
Dr Saleem Badat's remarks at the Midrand Group dialouge last night : midrandgroup.co.za/dr-saleem-bada…
I am not seeing new, exciting ideas on the standard of Black Consciousness. There is also no organisational praxis. #Badat
What is going to be our slogan next year when we celebrate 20yrs of freedom? What truth shall we tell? #Badat
I want to suggest that there is a paucity of ideas on how to take our society and democracy forward. #Badat
We have a 4-fold challenge. 1: how do we expand economic development in a way that is inclusive and enhances democracy. #Badat
You have to understand how bad things were during apartheid to understand the media freedoms we have now. #Badat
We need a new conception of development including expanding economic ownership, reducing inequality and poverty. #Badat
Apartheid continues to live beyond 1994 in very deeply entrenched ways despite the progress that has been made.
These orthodoxies have also reduced development to economic growth only. #Badat
One of these orthodoxies is being revolted by murder but not by people dying of hunger. Partly a legacy of Reaganism & Thatcherism #Badat
The last 3 decades have had many new ideas but in my view they have been awful, and created a new othordoxy and glorified materialism #Badat
"People are often loathe to admit they were mistaken, especially not in public. #Badat
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"Sometimes I worry about the version of truth those who claim to speak truth to power are speaking. There's more than 1 narrative. #Badat
"Sometimes I worry about the version of truth those who claim to speak truth to power are speaking. There's more than 1 narrative. #Badat
"Speaking truth to power" has become fashionable incl those who didn't do it before 1994. Everyone claims to be doing it. #Badat
The reason academics are terrified is because they are afraid someone might answer back to them. They prefer journal articles. #Badat
Scholars are terrified to write something in the popular media, even when you offer to help them. #Badat
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