South Africa has seen a disturbing culture of acquiesce and silence develop after 1994. Such silence is largely driven by patronage and a misplaced sense of loyalty, especially to the ruling party. It is clear that speaking out has been left to a few voices that are seen as having nothing to lose. Let’s talk frankly contributes to saying some home truths in a satirical sense and is meant to offend sensibilities as well as raise things that people often say around dinner tables but are too afraid or too constrained to say in the open – where such speaking out could have consequences for them. The addressees of the letters – from Helen Zille to Gwede Mantashe and from Revd Ray McCauley to Steve Hofmeyr – are people of influence who are called upon to change the course of events in society. In the letter addressed to each of them, they receive praise for work well done and are castigated for poor judgement and omissions in their public life and deliberations.
CONTRIBUTORS: Tabane
EAN: 9781770104327
COUNTRY: South Africa
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WEIGHT: 345 g
HEIGHT: 228 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan South Africa
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GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African
WIDTH: 152 cm
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Republic of South Africa, Diaries, letters and journals, Political structure and processes
Onkgopotse JJ Tabane is one of South Africa’s leading media and communications specialists, a community activist and a business executive. He is currently the executive director and founder of Oresego Holdings, an international advisory company as well as the chief executive of EnviroWorld Productions – specialising in environmental programming for community TV and radio. He is a regular columnist for The Sunday Independent, Pretoria News, Daily Dispatch as well as The Daily Maverick. Tabane is currently the host of ‘Frank Dialogue’, a weekly talk show on Ubuntu Radio, South Africa’s new online radio station owned by the Department of international relations and cooperation.
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