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David Van Wyk

David Van Wyk

David van Wyk is a freelance researcher who works for progressive civil society organisations and movements all over Central and Southern Africa. He also a member of Bench Marks Foundation, a non-profit organisation in the area of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and monitors corporate performance against an international measuring instrument, the Principles for Global Corporate Responsibility.

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Opinions On Corruption and Racism

1) Definitions of black and white. The first prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act was passed only in 1806 after the British took control of the Cape. Between 1652…

10 Feb 2016 · 10:52
Opinions David Van Wyk : There is no free Media

Julius Malema is being attacked for his comments about the Gupta media, generalising from his statements to suggest that he is opposed to freedom of the press and…

6 Feb 2016 · 20:58
Opinions On the South African Economy

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The price of fuel is strangling our economy and is preventing it from growing at the appropriate speed. Under Apartheid the National Party controlled the value of…

3 Feb 2016 · 14:00
Opinions Some thoughts on Afrikaner Nationalism

Millenarian movements are defined as social/religious movements that arise at the close or start of a new millennium[1]. Such movements often create idealised visions of the future and…

7 Jan 2016 · 12:51
Opinions The myth of our democracy.

Voting does not translate into meaningful participation. It is a replication of the undemocratic structures of private business in the economy. If you merely vote once every five…

15 Dec 2015 · 20:15