ITS been quite a week in SA politics. Not only did we see the sudden passing of former deputy President David Mabuza, but the DA walked out of the much-vaunted "National Dialogue", labeling the event as an 'extravagant and costly affair'. The par...
Tag: Africa
Nepad in Nairobi 2016 gives hope for African Renaissance 2.0
NEPAD together with Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) are hosting a continental get-together. With the backing of Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, and heads of the AU via the continents very own NEPAD agency, the African Union is finally producing a "brilliant blu...
Time for Rainbow Nation 3.0?
SEE: Maimane “never been so positive”: Message of hope for SA embraced in London
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Harm reduction, here we go
IT'S BEEN 15 years since I started advocating harm reduction. In the face of strong opposition, South Africa's Deputy Minister of Social Development, Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu has made one of the most progressive statements heard on drug policy, at the plenary session of the '59th Commission on Na...
Cyril Ramaphosa’s Pink Problem in Iran
FOR A DEPUTY-PRESIDENT who likes to claim responsibility for drafting a Secular Constitution and Bill of Rights that includes Gay Rights and other freedoms associated with the LGBT community, a visit to Iran must present a number of awkward problems. Chief of which is the Iranian Penal Code. Lesb...