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Can somebody please explain why there is an “entitlement” to a large payout when he was doing his job, for which he received regular payments and full employment? The key word here is “entitlement” — perhaps a bonus was deserved.
I also fail to understand where racism comes into it. More importantly, can Lourie supply evidence of claims that white journalists, in apartheid style, have turned this into a racial issue?
Furthermore, had the writer been a white person would Business Day have published a racially inciting report claiming racism by black journalists? Of course not.
David Wolpert
Sydney, Australia
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LETTER: Lourie out of line
I found Gugu Lourie’s recent column on the Please Call Me dispute quite disgusting and offensive (“Justice for Nkosana Makate: Inventor of Please Call Me deserves his due”, September 19).
Can somebody please explain why there is an “entitlement” to a large payout when he was doing his job, for which he received regular payments and full employment? The key word here is “entitlement” — perhaps a bonus was deserved.
I also fail to understand where racism comes into it. More importantly, can Lourie supply evidence of claims that white journalists, in apartheid style, have turned this into a racial issue?
Furthermore, had the writer been a white person would Business Day have published a racially inciting report claiming racism by black journalists? Of course not.
David Wolpert
Sydney, Australia
JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Send us an email with your comments to letters@businesslive.co.za. Letters of more than 300 words will be edited for length. Anonymous correspondence will not be published. Writers should include a daytime telephone number.
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