- Friday Apr 9,2010 06:12 PM
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- In News
People gathered for Eugene Terreblanche's funeral salute in Nazi-style, AP
After the murder of white supremacist leader Eugène Terre’Blanche, a longtime supporter of the apartheid government and an advocate for the creation of an all-white republic within South Africa, racial tensions in South have reached a new high.
Amy Goodman of Democracy Now speaks with Adam Habib. Habib, visiting the United States of America, is professor of political science and deputy vice chancellor of the University of Johannesburg. He was barred from entering the United States for over three years until the Obama administration withdrew the ban on his US visa earlier this year.
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- Tuesday Jun 23,2009 03:44 PM
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- In Analysis and research
Reflections on the 1976 youth uprising
Mphutlane wa Bofelo, Pambazuka News. Yet 33 years after the 1976 youth uprising, confronting living conditions in Durban’s Kenville squatter camp, wa Bofelo considers why ‘former freedom fighters can sometimes be more vicious in attempts to abort freedom’. As Kenville residents consider class action against the government for decent housing, wa Bofelo wonders why South Africans should have to go to court to secure constitutionally enshrined basics of water and housing. ‘How can you have a sense of self-respect and dignity when you live in opulence but your brothers and sisters… live in squalor?’ asks wa Bofelo. ‘Pity how it seems we joined the struggle to be rich materially but poor in spirit!’. See full text on Pambazula News.
