LETTERS | Don't punish people for not supporting BEE

06 July 2025 - 00:00 By Sunday Times

Peter Vundla’s piece, “Punish opponents of apartheid redress (https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/opinion-and-analysis/opinion/2025-06-29-punish-opponents-of-apartheid-redress/)” (Sunday Times, June 29), advocates for a dangerous precedent. The call to legally punish individuals for holding and expressing dissenting opinions within a democratic society is reprehensible at best, and profoundly dangerous at worst...

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