APARTHEID LEGACY
Racism in SA no mirage conjured up by Bell Pottinger
The unpleasant truth is that SA remains deeply divided on racial lines
It was the tweet that tipped the discussion over the edge: after months of making political hay out of the Bell Pottinger disinformation campaign, the DA piously tweeted: "It’ll take SA years to rebuild severely fragile race relations which #BellPottinger, Guptas & Zuma’s sought to exploit for their own gains." [sic] While most can agree the dirty tricks of Bell Pottinger — an assortment of English toffs long infamous for representing some of the world’s nastiest regimes — are reprehensible, the DA is laying it on a bit thick. It pursued Bell Pottinger vigorously with demonstrations in London and through the British public relations watchdog, which this week expelled the firm from its ranks. The need for full disclosure of documents that detail the work done for the Guptas — particularly given the suspicion that this was paid for with money looted from the public purse — is undisputed. But the DA is also being disingenuous. The frenzy with which it has ridden this particular hobby h...
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