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Support the Iranian solidarity Movement

30. June 2009

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Political dynamics of the Hlophe saga

20. June 2009

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Rob Peterson 20th June 2009 This is an extract of a letter circulated by Rob Peterson which raises some interesting issues regarding the Justice Hlophe saga. […] some elementary thoughts: 1) What is quite striking about the Hlophe camp (from which he in no way dissociates himself) is its nakedly political campaigning character. This is actually their Achilles [...]

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The Ogoni Nine–Shell settlement: Victory, but justice deferred?

13. June 2009

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Sokari Ekine and Firoze Manji 2009-06-11, Issue 437 http://pambazuka.org/en/category/features/56914 With Shell having agreed an out-of-court settlement of $15.5 million with the families of the Ogoni Nine activists killed in 1995, Sokari Ekine and Firoze Manji argue that a victory should not be confused with justice. Though representative of an emerging movement in bringing a multinational to [...]

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VICTORY FOR BIOWATCH IN LANDMARK LEGAL CASE

3. June 2009

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  Johannesburg, 3 June 2009   Constitutional Court Justice Albie Sachs today handed down judgment in the Biowatch case.  Calling the case “a matter of great interest to the legal profession, the general public, and bodies concerned with public interest litigation”, Justice Sachs set aside the costs order awarded against Biowatch in favour of Monsanto and further awarded legal costs in the High [...]

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The Elections Are Over – The War on the Poor Continues

20. May 2009

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Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement Tuesday, 19 May 2009 Now that the election is over and the politicians have finished hunting for positions they are running away from the people. It is impossible for a poor community to get a meeting with a politician. They only send in the police to break the people’s homes and to [...]

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Elections 2009: Hold your nose and vote?

28. April 2009

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A friend sent me an sms as she was going into the voting booth on April 22nd. “Going to hold my nose and vote”, she said. She was voting for COPE nationally and ID provincially only because she was sure they would not be in government. She detested many of the personalities in Cope, disagreed [...]

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SA History supports Earth Hour

20. March 2009

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The phrases “climate change” and “global warming” have scared, inspired and confused people worldwide in the recent past. The are many sceptics when it comes to the alarming statistics put forward by environmentalists like Al Gore, however the reality is that the world does not have infinite resources to support an increasing world population. [...]

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Of language and politics

16. March 2009

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ZACKIE ACHMAT: Mail and Guardian Mar 16 2009 ‘Comrades, my addiction to Leninist polemics is slowly coming under control.” I grew up with the political language of the left. We took no prisoners. Polemics and facts were used to deride an opponent and their political argument. “Capitalist apologists” were reformist comrades in the trade union movement. [...]

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PPEN, Launches Signature Campaign

17. February 2009

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The PPEN is an important education reform initiative and we support it call for readers to get involved. Dear Colleagues and Friends, Welcome to 2009.  May it mark a ‘turning point’ for public education… Thank you again for expressing your commitment to the public call to education, and your support of the Public Participation in Education Network.   As you know, the network has [...]

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A common South African heritage of tragedies, triumps and truths

28. December 2008

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Mondli Makhanya Published:Dec 27, 2008 Sunday Times When he announced his candidature for the American presidency in February 2007, Barack Obama invoked the legacy of Abraham Lincoln. He stood on the steps of the Old Capitol, where the man regarded as one of the greatest American presidents had delivered the iconic A House Divided speech back in [...]

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