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race classification

Ismail Lagardien

Opinionistas

The histories of our heritages should all be dissolved into one big mess

By Ismail Lagardien

Mokubung Nkomo

Opinionistas

The omelette is cooked and cannot be undone: We are all African

By Mokubung Nkomo

David Masondo

Opinionistas

Are Indian, coloured and white people really African in post-apartheid South Africa?

By David Masondo

Thamsanqa Malusi

Opinionistas

Anyone born in Africa has the right to be called African, but legal categories are needed for redress

By Thamsanqa Malusi

Shivani Ghai

Opinionistas

Yes, there is unity in diversity, and talking about it makes us strong

By Shivani Ghai

Ismail Lagardien

Opinionistas

The coloured community and the great delusion of non-racialism

By Ismail Lagardien

David Harrison and Murphy Morobe

Opinionistas

Race matters, but B-BBEE policies impose racial classification as the dominant attribute of an individual

By David Harrison and Murphy Morobe