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Comment on Being Black in Cape Town by Editorial: Stupidly Brilliant! | Feint and Margin

Editorial: Stupidly Brilliant! | Feint and Margin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:11:50 +0000

[...] Ntsane Ntsane gives us an idea of what it is like living as a black South African in Cape Town,in his article,Being Black in Cape Town [...]

Comment on The State of Our Nation by Editorial: Challenge Your Perspective | Feint and Margin

Editorial: Challenge Your Perspective | Feint and Margin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 05:03:37 +0000

[...] Nstane gives us his perspective on The State of our Nation (South [...]

Comment on As Safe as a Bank by Editorial: Challenge Your Perspective | Feint and Margin

Editorial: Challenge Your Perspective | Feint and Margin — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:58:19 +0000

[...] Maame Tandoh writes about Ghana’s Central Bank’s latest reforms affecting Ghana’s banking system in ‘As Safe as a Bank’ [...]

Comment on After Valentine’s Day by Editorial: Challenge Your Perspective | Feint and Margin

Editorial: Challenge Your Perspective | Feint and Margin — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:19:22 +0000

[...] How can I forget about Valentine’s Day, our newest contributor Sylvia Gichohi provides us with a practical guide on how to survive all the drama and possible heartache from St. Valentines in an article titled After Valentine’s Day. [...]

Comment on Entertainment Review: Mo and the Dark Nights by Editorial: Challenge Your Perspective | Feint and Margin

Editorial: Challenge Your Perspective | Feint and Margin — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:18:42 +0000

[...] our Reviews section we put a spotlight on a South African Band called Mo and the Dark Nights this band is truly unique and they succeed in breaking all the molds, reshaping our perspective on [...]

Comment on Africa’s Central Role in the Development of World Civilisation by Editorial: Challenge Your Perspective | Feint and Margin

Editorial: Challenge Your Perspective | Feint and Margin — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:13:53 +0000

[...] Ratshikuni, former editor of F&M shares his perspective on Africa’s Central Role in the Development of World Civilisation. He gives us a very realistic challenge to learn about how African intellectuals contributed to the [...]

Comment on Xenophobia – A Manifestation of Self Hate by The Deeper Root of Xenophobia | Feint and Margin

The Deeper Root of Xenophobia | Feint and Margin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:04:38 +0000

[...] by those who are “protecting” the interests of the “constituents” they represent. A very interesting article was written 2 weeks ago by Charlotte Luzuka about how this is a manifestation of self hate as there [...]

Comment on Mandela Sold Us Out by We Sold Mandela Out | Feint and Margin

We Sold Mandela Out | Feint and Margin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:45:42 +0000

[...] week, a columnist on Feint & Margin wrote a post about how Mandela failed us by creating the idea of a rainbow nation, meanwhile behind the facade, South Africa was just as [...]

Comment on Black People Are Inferior by The Prerequisite for Change | Feint and Margin

The Prerequisite for Change | Feint and Margin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:44:51 +0000

[...] people were offended by my article titled Black People Are Inferior which I wrote for FEINTANDMARGIN last week. As expected I was called all sorts of names and accused [...]

Comment on Land Reform by Simba Takuva

Simba Takuva — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:12:02 +0000

Wow! What an interesting article and exchange. Whilst I applaud the valiant attempt to grapple with such a complex issue, I’m afraid I must disagree with the idea to nationalise all land.
One of the core ingredients for successful economic development is that private enterprise (including private land ownership) must be allowed to flourish. Whilst state-ownership is not in itself an entirely flawed idea, it’s success depends on the goodness of the central government. In other words, allowing the state to own all land exposes the nation to the whims of the national government. Just north of the Limpopo we have seen a land reform program, which was in itself supposed to be a boon for the African people, abused and crippled by the corruption and patronage of the ruling party.
I think that a combinatioon of free-hold and communal land tenure will provide better safeguards. A cap should be put on the size of land that can be owned by an individual and preference given to communities and/or co-operatives which collectively decide how to use the land.