Tweet of the Week
GARETH VAN ONSELEN: The DA and Martin Luther Biko Jr
Who will emerge next from the whitewashing machine? Helen Mbeki?
Welcome to Tweet of the Week. Every Friday I will use this column to hand out an award to one person who has tweeted something of significance. There are no strict rules, only that the tweet in question must offer an important insight, define a debate (notorious or otherwise) or mark an occasion. This week the Tweet of the Week goes to @our_DA for:"#SteveBiko stood for the idea which said that we are not defined by the colour of our skin but by the content of our character." Profile: @Our_DA is the official account of the Democratic Alliance, SA’s largest opposition party. It has around 383k followers. Citation: On November 7 this year, the late Helen Suzman will turn 100 years old. No doubt the DA will begrudgingly commemorate Suzman when the time comes, but you would think it could make more of the occasion. A chance to celebrate its own hero. The truth is, the ANC’s decision to declare 2017 The Year of OR Tambo was only ever going to limit the extent of any DA remembrance; for th...
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