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Brent Meersman

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Cape Town
As seen in: GroundUp, Financial Times, The South African, TimesLIVE, AllAfrica, Daily Maverick, Mail & Guardian, This Is Africa (ZA), Eat Out
Writer: meersman.co.za Co-editor GroundUp.org.za See: linktr.ee/Brent_Meersman Latest book: Rattling the Cage (PanMacmillan 2021)
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Does a South African have a right to someone’s job just because they're not a citizen?

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By Brent Meersman Verified
| The South African Verified
It is taken as axiomatic, unquestionable, that a South African is entitled to a job over an immigrant simply by virtue of their citizenship. Really? Why? On what rational, ethical or moral basis?
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Book extract: ‘Rattling the Cage: Reflections on Democratic South Africa’

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By Brent Meersman Verified
| Mail & Guardian Verified
South Africa’s social liberalism is sneeringly dismissed by its neighbours as the fatal consequence of the people of the south having accepted a “Western-style” human rights-based Constitution. And despite our laws against homophobic discrimination and our legalisation of same-sex marriage, South Africa is by no means the gay paradise many believe it to be.
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BOOK EXTRACT: In South Africa, you might be put to death for almost any crime

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By Brent Meersman Verified
| Daily Maverick Verified
'Rattling The Cage: Reflections on Democratic South Africa' is a wide-ranging set of essays covering the economic, political and social transition of the country since 1994, and addressing issues such as free speech, immigration, ‘service delivery’ protests, Fees Must Fall, State Capture and the climate crisis. This is an excerpt from the chapter: ‘South Africa has the death penalty for almost any crime.’ Many people across the globe recoil at the idea of implementing shariah (law).
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