by Paul Hendler | 18 Jan 2024 | Uncategorized
Emerging consensus of the Usindiso tragedy Preface: News reporting functions to develop emerging consensus about the meaning of news events. In an earlier article I explored ways in which the fire in the Usindiso building in central Johannesburg, on 31 August, was...
by Paul Hendler | 6 Jan 2024 | Uncategorized
Invade and settle on land: class struggle over housing shortages Preface This article reflects the implications of people who invade and settle on land. In November 2021 my colleagues at Stellenbosch Transparency, Mike Hyland and Arumugam Pillay, and I did a...
by Paul Hendler | 14 Oct 2023 | Uncategorized
News reporting connotations of burning building By Paul Hendler, Stellenbosch Transparency. I reflect on the news reporting connotations by three news publishers, The South African, Eye Witness News (EWN) and The Independent on Line (IoL). In the early hours of the...
by Paul Hendler | 5 May 2022 | Uncategorized
Crime and evidence Why “crime and evidence”? Crime and evidence refers to proving that a definite individual committed a specific crime. Through violating a specific law, or common law. On 18 May Boetie Sheldon Johannes appeared in the Stellenbosch...
by Paul Hendler | 11 Apr 2022 | Uncategorized
Enclosure mentalities: safety, information This post explores enclosure mentalities. That is, the mental constructs we erect to enclose ourselves and nature. It is a continuation of three previous posts from 2018. At that juncture I was engaging the ward committee and...
by Paul Hendler | 6 Apr 2022 | Uncategorized
Stop-and-frisk harassment This is a story about stop-and-frisk harassment of the homeless in Onderpapegaaiberg. It records the experiences of one Boetie Sheldon Johannes. Boetie and his partner Rosaline are part of a homeless community. It lives on the margins of our...
