south africa

Are Olympic Protests Motivated by Prejudice?

brett — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:33:15 +0000

I'm not much of a sports fan, but the Olympics are something else.

(not) Proudly South African

brett — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:48:47 +0000

At one time, during the years of apartheid, I used to be ashamed to be a South African.

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On the front lines

brett — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:43:56 +0000

On Wednesday (28th May), I paid a visit to Mary Tal, who heads up Whole World Women Association, an organisation based in Cape Town, dealing with the concerns of refugees and migrants -- and women in

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A waking nightmare

brett — Tue, 27 May 2008 12:53:49 +0000

It's a strange and terrible time in South Africa. The xenophobic attacks, which started in Gauteng province (Johannesburg, Pretoria and surrounds), have now spread across the country.

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It's all in the stories we tell

brett — Thu, 22 May 2008 11:49:22 +0000

I have just finished reading The Uncertainty of Hope, by Valerie Tagwira. It is a novel set in the Harare area of Mbare, during the time of Operation Murambatsvina

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Why we should be ashamed

brett — Tue, 20 May 2008 08:52:29 +0000

Yesterday I woke up, went outside to pick up my newspaper, and was confronted by a picture of a man burning to death, set alight by a mob who laughed as the flames engulfed him.

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Why pick on poor us?

Keith Goddard — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:11:11 +0000

In the early 1980s, when I was at university in England, an official of the South African apartheid government came to speak to students of the debating society.

SABC turns into its own soap opera

brett — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:45:24 +0000

Boy, am I glad I don't work at the SABC at the moment!

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The SA training: Day 1 and 2

brett — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:04:35 +0000

We had presented the citizen journalism training to the country focal point representatives from South Africa and Zimbabwe in November last year.