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Monthly Archives: December 2013
Barack Obama tribute to Nelson Mandela
When Mandela gave de Klerk a dressing down in the public negotiations forum
Mandela rebukes de Klerk, saying that even from an illegitimate regime one expects some semblance of integrity
His Day is Done. A tribute poem to Nelson Mandela by Maya Angelou
Raymond Suttner, Mandela puts apartheid on trial, 1962 and Rivonia trials
When Mandela was captured in 1962 the police did not know that he had been overseas for military training and that he was Commander in Chief of the recently formed Umkhonto we Sizwe, Spear of the nation, (MK).
http://www.polity.org.za/article/mandela-on-trial-its-meaning-for-us-today-2013-12-09
Raymond Suttner on the slow development of the young Nelson Mandela towards political consciousness
‘I was not born with a hunger to be free,’ Nelson Mandela writes in his autobiography. He immediately explains ‘I was born free-free in every way that I could know.
http://www.polity.org.za/article/nelson-mandela-becoming-a-freedom-fighter-2013-12-09
Pallo Jordan pays tribute to Nelson Mandela
Professsor Philip Bonner reflects on Mandela’s life in video
Zakes Mda, Contradictions of Nelson Mandela
Raymond Suttner, Johannesburg street traders (with permits) victory may seem small in larger scheme of things, but these days we should rejoice wherever rights triumph over arrogant power
The return of the traders (who held legal permits) to Johannesburg city centre after a constitutional court hearing has aroused considerable emotion Continue reading
Franny Rabkin on Concourt ruling for return of evicted traders
Traders win right to return to trading in Constituitonal court
With only a brief report at hand it appears that the constitutional court has done far more than was expected w Continue reading
City council tells Concourt that it was ‘convenient’ to remove traders from Johannesburg city centre
Khadija Patel on perceptions of and actual corruption
Both perceptions of corruption and actual incidence of corruption have risen Continue reading
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