The announced appointment and withdrawal of the appointment of the Gauteng police commissioner within hours in one day, Continue reading
Jason Hirthler, The Banality of empire
Tariq Ali, The vassals revolt
US prepares unilateral strike in Syria
Gareth Porter In rush to strike Syria, US tried to derail UN probe
Tariq Ali, On intervening in Syria
Does US have evidence that Syrian government used chemical weapons?
Robert Fisk, On imminent war against Syria
Ariel Dorfman, Martin Luther King jr and the two 9/11s
Nina Simone, Why? The king of love is dead (written on the death of Martin Luther King jr)
Madonsini Manqina, Queen of South Africa’s Pondo music
Madosini, from Langa township outside Cape Town South Africa, is a master story-teller, composer and musician. Treating audiences to traditions passed down from generation to generation, Madosini was filmed here playing the Uhadi and Umrhubhe – Rhodes Memorial September 2005.
Sipho Hotstix Mabuse, Shikisa
Nomboniso Gasa, Women must lead initiation debate
Simphiwe Dana, Standard Bank Jazz festival, Grahamstown 2009
Jeffrey St. Clair, The CIA came at night
One example of rendition, in the wake of 9/11 US lawlessness
Sathima Bea Benjamin, Africa
Guiding light, South African Freedom Committee featuring Sathima Bea Benjamin
Sathima Bea Benjamin, Solitude, 1963, with Duke Ellington
Pierre de Vos, Refusal to hand over spy tapes illegal
The withdrawal of hundreds of corruption charges against Jacob Zuma, immediately prior to his being elected president of South Africa was based on alleged tapes acquired by intelligence officials. Continue reading
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