Carl Niehaus
'You never understood me; these are lies, damn lies!', writes Carl Niehaus in response to Cliff Buchler's letter.
Carl Niehaus responds to The Citizen’s columnist Cliff Buchler’s open letter addressed to him. Dear Cliff, Seeing your “open letter” to me, brought back memories. To have then worked as spokesperson of the ANC was tough, but more straightforward. The struggle was not yet complicated by 28 years of ANC successes and failures in government. You say patronisingly you were “impressed” by me, because of my command of English – as if that was really important in a country where the vast majority speak African languages as their mother tongues. Unfortunately, I cannot say that I was ever impressed by...
