Apartheid Policing, now and then: Political activist, Solomon Modipane, died 1969, the reason the police gave was "slipped on a piece of soap and fatally injured himself". Political activist, Ahmed Timol, died 1971, The excuse "fell from the 10th floor window" at the John Vorster Square police st...
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Ignoring Cries for Justice, SA Fails Victims of Apartheid-era Crimes
Years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission issued its final recommendations, victims of apartheid-era crimes are still fighting for adequate reparation and rehabilitation. Will the government of South Africa listen? More than 40 years of apartheid in South Africa cast a long shadow of hu...
The truth about Jakes Gerwel
Oh dear, two racist white guys
I received this book in the post. Interestingly enough it details the strange dispute between two competing trademarks for the Apartheid Museum. The one, registered by the author, after 17 years of activism against apartheid, the other registered by the manufacturers of Skin lightening creams in...
Cape Town World Music Festival Boycott
The Cape Town World Music Festival (CWM Festival) has begun in the face of a call to boycott the festival. The Boycott Divestment and Sanctions campaign (BDS) has released a statement saying "We have recently learned that the Cape Town World Music Festival has crossed and violated the internatio...
