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Happy birthday, Nelson Mandela!
Today ntate Mandela is 63 years old, if you consider the fact that he spent 27 years in jail for wanting to live like a human, and wanting the same thing for his people. But he’s really 90 years...
On the Pogroms in South Africa
This essay was written by a friend of mine, Richard Pithouse, in response to the xenophobic violence in South Africa. The essay is particularly interesting as Richard identifies links between the ro...
switching race and other pessimisms
The Chinese in South Africa have won their case to be designated “Black” showing us how arbitrary racial categories are. Lucky them, under apartheid they were able to take advantage of not...
We are not all like that: the monster bares its fangs
The sms’s came fast and furious. As furious as the fiery images we were subjected to by our television and our daily newspapers. The front pages are a festival of beastly pictures of the victims of ...
Anti-Afrophobia
This statement from the Western Cape Anti-Eviction campaign links the regular evictions of it’s members with those of refugees who have been “evicted by violence” form their homes ov...
When we get cholera we must be educated about washing our hands when in fact we need clear water.
No one is illegal - Abahlali baseMjondolo comment on the Xenophobic Attacks in Johannesburg We condemn the attacks, the beatings, rape and murder, in Johannesburg on people born in other countries. We...
We Write What We Like
Black Perspectives on the South African Human Rights Ruling Against the Forum for Black Journalists The details surrounding the Forum for Black Journalists (FBJ) and Radio 702’s Katy Katapodis...
Happy birthday, Bram Fischer!
Bram Fischer was born on 23 April 1908. Happy Birthday to him. Lawyer, born into a prominent Afrikaans family. He studied law in South Africa and as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. He became an active mem...
Dear Mandela
S’bu Zikode elected chairperson of Abahlali [February 2008] Breyani and the Councillor part 1 Tags: Durban + South Africa Abahlali baseMjondolo; SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Dear Mandela"...
Remember Sharpeville!
21 March 1960 La 21 Hlakubele 1960, batho ba batšo ba 69 ba bolailoe ka lithunya, ba 180 ba ntšoa likotsi If when this township was placed under siege You were present, you would have seen Life lame...