Korner Talk | Burn, burn, burn: Steenhuisen’s ‘Sarafina’ moment

I had a terrible vision last night. Sitting in his night school classroom Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen received what he felt was sage advice from his classmates.

“The people should burn their South African flags rather than let the ANC win,” shouted a woman, known only as Sarafina, from the front of the class — a star pupil in her own right. 

What followed was a cacophony of “Burn, burn, burn!” chants, as the class realised that — much in the way the Russians...