I think the late Chris Hani would take issue with the education minister’s plans to "decolonise" education by removing Shakespeare from the syllabus, given the source of his inspiration: "My early Catholicism led to my fascination with Latin studies and English literature. These studies in these two courses were gobbled up by me and I became an ardent lover of English, Latin and Greek literature, both modern and classical. My studies of literature further strengthened my hatred of all forms of oppression, persecution and obscurantism. The action of tyrants as portrayed in various literary works also made me hate tyranny and institutionalised oppression." Similarly, former Sowetan editor the late Aggrey Klaaste was described in his obituary in the Sunday Times, as "never happier than when reading Dickens". Chaim Potok, an ordained orthodox rabbi and author of The Chosen, which sold almost 3.5-million copies, was arguably the most famous 20th century writer on Jewish themes but was ir...
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