On this day, the offices of The Bantu World, were bombed in 1942. The offices of The Bantu World were bombed by the Ossewabrandwag, a pro-Nazi Afrikaner nationalist group opposing South Africa's WWII alliance with the Allies. OverviewThe offices o...
Let’s not forget, ordinary Americans supported the Anti-Apartheid Movement
IT WASN'T just the US Civil Rights movement and its leaders like Jesse Jackson who supported the anti-apartheid struggle. The truth is, hundreds of ordinary Americans, sent money, literature and goodwill to the movement within our country. Watching President Ramaphosa address the Jackson funeral...
Open letter to Prof Leslie London
Dear Leslie, I respond to your recent opinion piece in the Daily Maverick. During the landmark People's Health Assembly at UWC in 2011, I was struck by the words of the late Prof Emeritus David Saunders, during his opening address, ( in which he wore the Iraqi Keffiyeh associated with Palestinian...
South Africa’s Bold New AI Policy: Game-Changer or a Taxpayer-Funded Time Bomb?
THE Department of Communications and Digital Technologies has published a sweeping draft 'National Artificial Intelligence Policy' that aims to put South Africa at the forefront of the global AI revolution. But nothing could be further from the truth. Buried in the fine print is a proposal that s...