HERMAN MASHABA: Race denialism is on the rise in the guise of nonracialism
There is no hypocrisy about BEE and affirmative action in resignation speech after three years as Joburg mayor
27 October 2019 - 18:20
In the wake of my resignation as executive mayor of Johannesburg last week, a number of commentators have gone to great pains to point out the apparent hypocrisy in my resignation speech regarding race-based policies.
Specifically, they have sought to contrast a speech I made in 2015 regarding BEE and affirmative action legislation with a single line from my resignation statement: “I cannot reconcile myself with a group of people who believe that race is irrelevant in the discussion of inequality and poverty in SA in 2019.”..
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