I think we are at a bad place in South Africa, and especially when you contrast it with the Mandela era. Many of the things that we dreamt were possible seem to be getting more and more out of reach. We have the most unequal society in the world. We have far too many of […]
Apartheid Reparations
January 20, 2010 By 1 Comment
Democracy Now! in New York City reports last week on the historical case in a New York City court by black victims of white minority rule in South Africa (not everyone bought the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s line), against several international corporations accused of aiding the Apartheid regime. The victims’ lawyers are seeking up to […]
FREE NELSON MANDELA
October 4, 2009 By 5 Comments
Remember when Nelson Mandela walked out of prison on February 11, 1990. I know for some people he never went to prison. I know where I was: watching it with my parents and siblings in our living room of our council house on Cape Town’s Cape Flats. This week, the BBC radio program, “Reunion,” got […]
TED KENNEDY’S AFRICAN LEGACY
August 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Ted Kennedy passed away last week. Around here the emphasis has been on his domestic legacy (Civil Rights, disability rights, health care reform), but as blogger Texas in Africa (her blog is worth visiting for US debates on development politics) reminds us, that like his older brother, the Senator also played a public role in […]
