Men make their own history
Thursday, December 10, 2015
The tradition of all dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brains of the living’- (Karl Marx, The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, 1852).
It is a pleasure and an honour to have been afforded this opportunity to share some thoughts with you on the occasion of the launch of my brother’s book: ‘Better to Die on One’s Feet’: One man’s Journey from Robben Island to Freedom’.
The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...