Some of greatest minds didn’t have qualifications to match PREMIUM Ismail Lagardien Columnist & essayist 20 April 2021 If anything sets South Africans apart from most societies in the world, it is our penchant for performance persecution. Nowhere else in the world have I found people, groups of people — racial, ethnic, language or religious groups — who have battled one another over who has been more persecuted. .. This article is reserved for HeraldLIVE subscribers. A subscription gives you full digital access to all our content. Already subscribed? Simply sign in below. Already registered on DispatchLIVE, BusinessLIVE, TimesLIVE or SowetanLIVE? Sign in with the same details.