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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 [...]
Continue reading...Food for thought on World AIDS Day
1. December 2008
Study Cites Toll of AIDS Policy in South Africa Download the Harvard study ‘Estimating the Lost Benefits of Antiretroviral Drug Use in South Africa’ here.
Continue reading...Pandor Plans to Make Schools Safe
27. November 2008
Sue Blaine Education Correspondent Business Day 27 November 2008 THE education department intends to rid SA of unsafe school environments by 2012. This aim is part of the minimum norms and standards for school infrastructure published for public comment by Education Minister Naledi Pandor this month. Education department statistics show that 42% of SA’s 25043 [...]
Continue reading...Pandor Plans to Make Schools Safe
27. November 2008
Sue Blaine Education Correspondent Business Day 27 November 2008 THE education department intends to rid SA of unsafe school environments by 2012. This aim is part of the minimum norms and standards for school infrastructure published for public comment by Education Minister Naledi Pandor this month. Education department statistics show that 42% of SA’s 25043 [...]
Continue reading...16 Days of Activism: National Calendar of Events
26. November 2008
Government, NGO’s and other concerned parties are engaging in different activities across the country for the 16 Days of Activism for No violence against Women and Children. There are many events taking place all over South Africa for the campaign until the 10 December when the campaign officially ends, but where hopefully the message does [...]
Continue reading...SANGOTech – a MUST for NGO’s and NPO’s
24. November 2008
Recently I’ve been amazed at how the internet can be used to benefit NGO’s and other development agencies. Where before (as in before the internet, Google and Facebook) communication campaigns and fundraising were significantly more difficult because of the start up capital required. Now (as in the now of social media marketing, creative commons licenses [...]
Continue reading...Public Dialogue: The Future of Opposition Politics in South Africa
11. November 2008
The Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR), Cape Town invites you and members of your organisation to the seminar: “The Future of Opposition Politics in South Africa“ CHAIR: Professor Anthony Butler Associate Professor, Department of Political Studies, University of Cape Town SPEAKERS: Mr Bantu Holomisa, President of United Democratic Movement Ms Patricia De Lille, Leader of Independent [...]
Continue reading...Albert Park Refugees: Police Brutality and the ‘Great White Shark’ – transcript and audio
11. November 2008
Durban police constable Kwesi Matenjwa confesses – on the morning of Saturday, 1 November – how “the great white shark”, City Manager Michael Sutcliffe, ordered his unit to evict (without alternative accommodation) 47 desperate people, mostly from the Eastern DRC. Sutcliffe accused the refugees – mainly women and children – of being involved in “crime”, [...]
Continue reading...Register to Vote this Weekend!
6. November 2008
On 8 and 9 November 2008, the Electoral Commission (IEC) will open 19 713 voting stations from 8am to 5pm to enable first-time voters to register. It is also an opportunity for voters who have moved house to re-register in their new voting district. All details are available on the IEC’s website but please [...]
Continue reading...Obama’s Acceptance Speech
5. November 2008
Hello, Chicago. If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer. It’s the answer told by lines that stretched [...]
Continue reading...Mbeki’s Letter to the ANC
31. October 2008
The Mail and Guardian Online has made a copy of the letter that Thabo Mbeki wrote to Jacob Zuma available online. Read the letter here.
Continue reading...TRC Conference Public Event 29 October 2008
24. October 2008
A National Priority? TRC Recommendations and the Need for Redress The evening will include reflections on the conference and related issues. Speakers include: Pieter-Dirk Uys Alex Boraine Tannie Evita Advocate Johhny de Lange (tbc) Venue District Six Museum, 25A Buitenkant Street Cape Town Date 29 October 2008 Time 17:30 for 18:00 – 20:30 Refreshments will [...]
Continue reading...Launch Invitation – The Deaths of Hintsa: Postapartheid South Africa and the shape of recurring pasts
24. October 2008
Venue: The Homecoming Centre of the District Six Museum, 15 Buitenkant Street, Cape Town Date: Tuesday 4 November 2008 Time: 17h30 for 18h00 RSVP publishing@hsrc.ac.za or call 021 4668028 Guest Speaker: Professor Leslie Witz, University of the Western Cape All welcome. Refreshments will be served. Copies of the book will be available for sale. Information [...]
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Upcoming Events 
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WISER and CISA invite you to a public lecture on
‘The Life and Death of Dr. Abu Baker ‘Hurley’ Asvat, February 23, 1942-January 27, 1989’
By Jon Soske (Centre for Indian Studies in Africa, Wits)
Wednesday, 19th May 2010
18h30WISER Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Richard Ward Building
East Campus, Wits UniversityAt the time of his murder in 1989, Dr. Abu Baker ‘Hurley’ Asvat was widely revered as ‘the people’s doctor’ based on almost two decades of medical work in Soweto and over a dozen health projects initiated across the Transvaal as AZAPO’s Secretary of Health. Yet despite his close relationship with leading ANC figures like Albertina Sisulu and his significant role in major political events, Asvat’s name rarely appears in histories of the liberation struggle and his life’s work has been almost completely overshadowed by the controversial circumstances of his death. This lecture will discuss Asvat’s biography from his childhood in the multiracial Johannesburg neighbourhood of Vrededorp to his medical study and political activism as part of a PAC-aligned student group in Pakistan; from his leading role in non-racial cricket to his emergence as a central figure in Soweto’s life and politics. This talk will also reflect on the relationship between Lenasia and Soweto as social spaces during the years of apartheid and interrogate the ways in which apartheid racial categories—particularly ‘African’ and ‘Indian’—continue to structure how South African historians represent the recent past.
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