Humour

Stop using 'African culture' as a crutch to defend the indefensible

'In African culture we don't ...' and 'as an African man ... ' have been favourite hiding places for charlatans for decades. Enough

18 October 2020 - 00:03 By ndumiso ngcobo

The Zondo Commission may prove to be the costliest damp squib in the history of damp squibs. So far it has been characterised by witness after witness all allegedly suffering from the same disease: amnesia...

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