Asithandile Gxumisa's Public Diary

To the few and faithful friends who have consistently devoured the many articles I have written over the last three years for their enjoyment and edification, I owe these last and parting words as I intend by the close of this year to draw the curtains on this lowly and short-lived career of scribbling. At the start, what drew me to this challenging and elevating activity were an abiding personal interest in public affairs and a patriotic desire to contribute in what little way I could to conversations aimed ideally at confronting the troubles and remedying the wrongs that threaten the welfare of our Republic. Be it on the subject of political leadership, or be it on the question of the socio-economic future of the country, or on those metaphysical themes of ethics and religion, I have always stood firmly on behalf of voices long banished from the marketplace of ideas by the near-unanimous judgement of the apostles of the reigning Liberal Order.   Truly, I harbour no grudges again...