If you are not a graduate of the University of Stellenbosch, you can skip this post. For some reason I have been nominated as a candidate for election to the University of Stellenbosch Council by the alumni of that university. As I would be embarrassed if I get the lowest number of votes, I am hoping a few friends and readers of this Blog might vote for me. This can be done electronically. All the details can be found by clicking here. If you believe I should be kept off the Council at all cost because of my dangerous views you need not vote, of course! If you are not an alumni of Stellenbosch University you cannot vote either.
This blog deals with political and social issues in South Africa, mostly from the perspective of Constitutional Law. Written by Pierre de Vos
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February 7, 2012 | 8:59 amMalema is no innocent victim. But he has been punished for his role in expressing opinion, not in preventing others from having their say. He is punished for saying that Mbeki cares more about Africans than Zuma — not for storming a stage in 2010 to try to bully Justice Minister Jeff Radebe. He is sanctioned for remarks on Botswana that were crass and embarrassing but no threat to democracy in the ANC — not for driving his opponents out of a hall in Limpopo or ignoring a court order in the Eastern Cape. The message is clear: ANC members can bully and bend the rules, as long as they don’t criticise leaders or deviate from policy. This insistence that the problem is not unfair contest but contest itself will worsen the problem. – Steven Friedman in Business Day
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If you ran for president I would vote for you but can’t help now.
You’ve got my moral support – however, as I am an alumnus of two universities in the north of this country, I also cannot vote. Just one question, is it admissible for an accademic employed by one university to be elected on the Council of another? Not that I think that it would pose any real problem though.
Haai Pierre,
Ons was saam in die koshuis op US en ek volg jou blog nou al meer as ‘n jaar lank. Knap gedaan daarmee, en ek het reeds vroeg vanoggend al ‘n stem vir jou uitgebring.
Groete
Andre R
Of course I’ll vote for you; provided you call me an alumnus, and not “an alumni”…
Is daar ‘n slaagsyfer vir kursusse by Stellenbosch?
Seems like non South Africans (in the country legally) are ineligible for this vote!
Oh dear, you poor, poor man. I can’t help but I don’t think you’re going to be embarrassed either so don’t worry.
Voted for you prof. I hope you make it. I beleive you wil do your best for the university and society.