When ‘Merit’ Means ‘People Like Us’ / Latest Articles, Paid Subscription, Subscriptions / By Steven Friedman FOR the leader of the Democratic Alliance, ‘merit appointment’ is hiring people who claim that ‘Bantu people, much like Arabs, are not democratic people’ and question whether protestors really were murdered by police at Sharpeville in 1960. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here