Category Archives: Contemporary South Africa

BC Simelane and Greg Nicolson, Bekkersdal-a flashpoint exposing the ANC’s weaknesses

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2014-03-16-bekkersdal-a-flashpoint-exposing-the-ancs-weaknesses/#.UyaT2lw55SV

Angry citizens confront ANC leaders

http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/angry-citizens-confront-anc-leaders-1.1661987#.UyXcxlw55SU

Gunwielding ANC man in Bekkersdal a former councillor

http://www.citypress.co.za/politics/guns-wielding-bekkersdal-former-councillor/

Cops mum on Bekkersdal incident

There is dispute over what type of ammunition was used and role of VIP and ordinary police. What is clear, however, is that the ANC canvassers/leaders were not welcomed in Bekkersdal, in fact met very hostile reception.

http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/cops-mum-on-bekkersdal-incident-1.1661693#.UyMi8Fw55SU

ANC gets pelted with stones in Bekkersdal

http://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2014/03/14/anc-gets-stoned-in-bekkersdal

Greg Marinovich, Farlamcommission-more Marikana secrets and lies

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2014-03-13-farlam-commission-more-marikana-massacre-secrets-and-lies/#.UyKgt1w55SV

Jared Sacks, Landmark judgment on what constitutes a home

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2014-03-13-analysis-landmark-judgment-what-constitutes-a-home/#.UyJtEEKSwXg

Fuming Bekkersdal shows ANC the door

http://www.citypress.co.za/politics/fuming-bekkersdal-shows-anc-door/

Sisonke Msimang, Crossing the street to avoid white men. A conversation about violence

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2014-03-11-crossing-the-street-to-avoid-white-men-a-conversation-about-violence/#.UyCE4v055SX

Raymond Suttner, Chief Albert Luthuli and the ‘gospel of service’

http://www.polity.org.za/article/chief-albert-luthuli-and-the-gospel-of-service-2014-03-11

Raymond Suttner, interview on changes in the political scene (Polity interview)

Raymond Suttner, Do apartheid patterns of oppression continue? (Polity interview)

Carol Paton, Class divide splitting COSATU will not be bridged easily

http://www.bdlive.co.za/opinion/2014/03/10/class-divide-splitting-cosatu-will-not-be-bridged-easily

Growing civil unrest shows yearning for accountability,by Peter Alexander, Carin Runciman and Trevor Ngwane

http://www.bdlive.co.za/opinion/2014/03/07/growing-civil-unrest-shows-yearning-for-accountability

Raymond Suttner, The persistence of the past in the present

http://www.polity.org.za/article/the-persistence-of-the-past-in-the-present-2014-03-05

Raymond Suttner, We need a conversation about race and racism (Polity interview)

Raymond Suttner, Preliminary evaluation of 20 years of democracy(Polity interview)

Nomboniso Gasa, Who killed the Traditional Courts bill?

http://www.iol.co.za/sundayindependent/who-killed-the-traditional-courts-bill-1.1654811

Custom contested, Restitution Amendment Bill still in the NCOP

Restitution Amendment Bill still in the NCOP

Mbongiseni Buthelezi, State at odds with the rights of rural people

State at odds with the rights of rural people