Episode 143 - RECONCILIATION WITHOUT ECONOMIC JUSTICE IS HOLLOW

In this podcast lament, I meditate on how little focus there is
this year on Reconciliation Day because of the elective
conference of the  ANC. But there is a link: delays and
organisational chaos at the conference speak to the state of the
ANC and the state of the ANC-led state. The state has not enabled
and delivered economic justice for South Africans.

I focus on the importance of centering economic justice and
related material questions in public discourse about
reconciliation. 

I also use archival materials to remember the deep physical and
psychological scars that we have not yet overcome - we paper over
them - despite the work of the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission. 

This episode is, at times, difficult to listen to, but I hope
most of you will agree that it is usefully difficult listening
nevertheless.