Politics of the isolation ward: Thoughts on changing the world from a hospital bed
Daily Maverick | 29.06.2026 01:42
I’m currently lying in hospital, in isolation, undergoing a stem cell transplant for a rather persistent cancer I’ve been living with, on and off, for the past 14 years. When I was first diagnosed in 2012, I lay helpless in a hospital bed, watching with horror as the Marikana Massacre unfolded. Today I lie in bed watching Israel commit genocide in Gaza and bomb various other countries in the Middle East with the full support of the US.
