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.