Land was at the epicentre of different liberation struggles in Africa and continues to be an issue to this day. Pan-African unity was propagated when liberation … Continue reading United we stand?: Land, pan-Africanism & the damoclean sword of sanctions
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“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers,” said the murderous Dick the Butcher in Shakespeare’s Henry VI. He was glibly (one assumes with his tongue firmly in cheek) suggesting that for… Continue reading Judgmental judges are enemies of progress
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[Originally posted on Huffington Post] It started in early January this year (not really, more like in 1652 or thereabouts). The one neighbour who acknowledges my presence and existence as her neighbour asked if… Continue reading South African Suburbia: The Neighbours They All Pretend Don’t Live There
The images and stories of violence against foreigners in South Africa remain stark. Xenophobia and its violent manifestation have taken centre stage yet again. Some Africans living in South Africa have had to re-evaluate their continued presence in the country … Continue reading Are we born to love (or hate) or do we learn it?: Education to counter hate
After all the weeping and wailing is done, we need to be objective about the events in South Africa that are affecting non-South African Africans. The on-going xenophobic crisis has consumed the lives of relatives, friends, workmates, neighbours and fellow … Continue reading We brought xenophobia upon ourselves: Letter to Zimbabwe & South Africa
Xenophobia is bad. I would like to think that most people think this. Yet for some strange reason, people are still getting necklaced and or beaten … Continue reading What is it with people?: Xenophobia in South Africa
Exile is not just physical A friend of mine has been asking me to contribute to this blog for a long time, to which I kept promising a few paragraphs that never came. What he did not know, until now … Continue reading Exile is not just physical: On the outside looking in
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