News24 Max du Preez

Resist racism

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:10:40 +0200

White South Africans should really resist the temptation to make racist remarks when they’re faced with what they perceive as black racism, says Max du Preez.

Info bill: Shame on the ANC

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:10:22 +0200

The ANC’s steamrolling of the Protection of Information Bill through Parliament is a firm step towards a very slippery slope towards a more authoritarian state, says Max du Preez.

Tutu's outburst a political turning point?

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:12:31 +0200

Desmond Tutu’s extraordinary outburst against the ANC could prove to be a turning point of sorts in our politics , says Max du Preez.

Free speech is never absolute

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:13:03 +0200

The public discourse in South Africa is a bit like a bus without brakes: frantic and close to being out of control, writes Max du Preez.

The sickening smell of 'revolution'

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:05:15 +0200

Max du Preez is beginning to smell revolution, but it isn’t the exciting, promising smell of the 1980s. It’s the sickening smell of hatred, greed and revenge.

The powerful poor

Wed, 11 May 2011 14:03:21 +0200

All the parties contesting the upcoming local elections are bragging how much they care about the poor and how much they are going to do for them, says Max du Preez.

Malema back on a pedestal

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:27:13 +0200

I hope the Equality Court is going to tell the ANC Youth League’s Julius Malema to stop singing "Shoot the Boer" in public, writes Max du Preez.

Are we all 'coloured'?

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:40:42 +0200

If "coloured" means people of mixed blood, then the vast majority of people born in South Africa are coloureds, myself included, says Max du Preez.

Land of the Absurd

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 12:15:04 +0200

Max du Preez lists the things that makes South Africa the Land of the Absurd.

The good and evil of the internet

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:35:12 +0200

Our society urgently needs to be educated about what is good and what is evil about the internet, writes Max du Preez.

Racism sells

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:01:15 +0200

Sex sells? I’m not so sure any longer. But I do know that racism sells if you choose your brand of racism and your market well, writes Max du Preez.

Protests 'important to a democracy'

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:40:25 +0200

It is legitimate in a democracy for a Christian lobby to threaten a boycott of a supermarket chain because they decided to stop selling Christian magazines, says Max du Preez.

AfriForum's angry crusade

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:11:02 +0200

Solidarity and AfriForum have made a grave error of judgement with their hysterical campaign against Absa’s encouragement of transformation in rugby, writes Max du Preez.

'Where is the centre?'

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:20:13 +0200

The Tripartite Alliance of the ANC, Cosatu and the South African Communist Party The Tripartite Alliance, writes Max du Preez

'Don't be too hard on Selebi'

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:10:53 +0200

People shouldn’t be too hard on Jackie Selebi. He is actually just a metaphor of what has become of the ANC, writes Max du Preez.

Distorting history

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:50:34 +0200

A distorted understanding of history always leads to a distorted view of the present and hinders a nation's capacity to understand itself, writes Max du Preez.

The dream is not dead

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:25:24 +0200

It is not my imagination. The deep national depression is actually lifting as we get closer to the World Cup, writes Max du Preez.

Threat to democracy

Wed, 05 May 2010 13:00:03 +0200

The ruling party’'s continuing blurring of the line between state and party is becoming a really dangerous threat to our democracy, writes Max du Preez.

Irresponsible leadership

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:05:02 +0200

The leadership of the ANC was grossly irresponsible to allow Malema to systematically insult and scare white South Africans over the past year, writes Max du Preez.

What has become of the ANC?

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:03:13 +0200

The ANC has become an insult to all those who carry its membership cards and those who voted for it last April, writes Max du Preez.