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.