IMAGINE what South Africa would be like today if Steve Biko was not assassinated in 1977? Instead of a negotiated settlement in which whites retained some of the legacy of the nation's colonial history the country would look very different. Biko's ideology of black consciousness emphasised the...
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Reaching out from the Global South
Apartheid - Page 18
“Ariel Sharon, Apartheid South Africa and mutual military interests” published 22/01/2014 refers”
This is a letter penned in response to a Daily Maverick piece. Needless to say it is unlikely to get published by the online daily due to editorial restrictions on the Palestine-Israel debate. DRL Dear Ed, "Ariel Sharon, Apartheid South Africa and mutual military interests" published 22/01/2014 r...
Education the key, Mamphela Ramphele
Arthur Goldreich fingered as key Zionist Operative in Mandela Trial
THE man believed to be the Zionist operative responsible for providing Nelson Mandela and the ANC with information regarding the use of explosives and war materiale, has been fingered as Arthur Goldreich. Goldreich was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and settled in Israel, where he participat...
Mandela and the Middle East Propaganda War
THIS week the Middle East propaganda war intensified with the redeployment of the late Nelson Mandela. First there was the revelations published by Haaretz that "Mandela received weapons training from Mossad agents in Ethiopia" detailed in a letter classified top secret and dated October 11, 196...