Should we boycott Andile Mngxitama?

"I'm robespierre (sic) I understand my fate ... " Andile Mngxitama, the controversial writer behind the New Frank Talk journal, recently tweeted this. This reference to the executed French revolutionary Maximilien de Robespierre followed the public outrage expressed by individuals when Mngxitama called on "true Bikoists" to physically assault Jared Sacks, a journalist, for his forthright article on Mamphela Ramphele.

Sacks' provocative title was Biko would not vote for Ramphele. Considering Ramphele and Biko were involved in the Black Consciousness Movement and were also romantically involved, Sacks' title was a stroke of journalistic brilliance.

The right amount of sensation pin pricked readers' attention. Its simplicity posits a simple but fundamental question: Would the father of South Africa's BC Movement vote for his own child's mother? That question is best answered another time. Suffice it to say, Sacks thought the answer was a resounding no.

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