Brent Meersman

RT @GroundUp_News: The Protectors of Eternal Virtue at Facebook (an offshoot of the Gentlemen's Temperance Society?) have declared this vid…

RT @TheSAnews: https://t.co/yxtZXoVPz5 Does a South African have a right to someone’s job just because they're not a citizen? #AfricaDay…

Does a South African have a right to someone’s job just because they’re not a citizen? @TheSAnews @SAHRCommission @PASSOP https://t.co/NTf1479Pt1

Anti-immigrant views are becoming institutionalised in South Africa: foreign truck drivers will soon be banned from our roads, our labour minister proposes policies better suited to a Brexit campaign than Africa. And all based on a FLAWED assumption https://t.co/NTf1479Pt1

If government doesn't heed this good advice it could take years before enough South Africans are vaccinated. https://t.co/sRDQxVpjLK

Catch me upfront and personal on @FineMusicRadio #PeopleOfNote at 6pm tonight (Sunday 2 May) on FM radio / DSTV 838 / Live Stream https://t.co/3kn8JBXWcS interview with Rodney Trudgeon @PanMacmillanSA https://t.co/IEHoTjrvht

Catch me upfront and personal on @FineMusicRadio #PeopleOfNote at 6pm tomorrow (Sunday 2 May) on FM radio / DSTV 838 / Live Stream https://t.co/3kn8JBXWcS interview with Rodney Trudgeon @NBPublishers https://t.co/57Fb8FIdgC

In Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamzov in a discussion on church and state it is proposed that criminals be expelled from the Church since transgressing the laws of the country means nothing to them. Perhaps expulsion from the ANC can serve as similar punishment in our context

Ramaphosa on the vaccine "pause": "Our objective as the government is always been to protect the lives of South Africans" (in Durban yesterday) @CyrilRamaphosa Agreed! So then let's not pause the vaccine rollout https://t.co/RsWwfZwDF8

"Anyone who says that homosexuality is un-African is making a racist statement." - @Brent_Meersman in #RattlingTheCage out now from @PanMacmillanSA

RT @GroundUp_News: Protesters march to Zimbabwean consulate demanding gay rights : https://t.co/NLfGLsrGoS

Unlike many democracies, we don’t have a two-party state; instead we have is a divided party state – #RattlingTheCage from @PanMacmillanSA out now https://t.co/jxUqMHXZ9n

"One day we’ll shake our heads at the mass carnage of the meat industry, our mania for burning fossil fuels, and the fact that such irresponsible creatures as human beings were ever allowed to drive chunks of metal around autonomously"– #RattlingTheCage out now @PanMacmillanSA

"You cannot abuse artistic freedom; it exists or it does not exist. It is the same as saying to someone: ‘We fought for your right to vote, but now you have abused your freedom by voting for the wrong party!"– @Brent_Meersman in #RattlingTheCage out now from @PanMacmillanSA

Today used to be Van Riebeeck Day and later Founders Day commemorating Jan’s landing at the Cape in 1652. Perhaps it could now be remade as National Pandemic Day. He did usher in the first great epidemic that decimated the local population.

‘Brent Meersman, author of Rattling the Cage on Mix 93.8 FM’ on #SoundCloud #np https://t.co/DCQBQdoog7

RT @PanMacmillanSA: Listen to @Brent_Meersman in conversation with @Lundi_Khoisan about his book #RattlingtheCage and the country's highs a…