By Vuyo Yekani The 18th of April 2013 marked the 108th anniversary of Enoch Sontonga’s untimely departure from earth. Little is known about him, while his contribution to the South African nation and the broader continent is beyond measure. This piece serves as a tribute to Enoch Sontonga. Homage is paid to him in various [...]
April 18, 2013
Going strong at 80
Ryland Fisher 14 April 2013 Denis Goldberg is still as lucid, and determined, as the day he was first thrown in prison In 1963, when Denis Goldberg was 30 years old, he was a Rivonia trialist alongside Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki and others. He was convinced he was going to be sentenced to [...]
April 17, 2013
Apartheid’s over. Really?
By Ferial Haffajee 14 April 2013 If not now, when will we start taking responsibility for our own upliftment? Of course I know we still live in apartheid’s hulking shadow. Of course I know land has not been redistributed or restituted in meaningful ways. Of course I know that development is uneven. The world I [...]
April 15, 2013
Thatcher: The game-changer
Nicola Brewer 14 April 2013 Margaret Thatcher carved out a new space for women in global politics. This is a truly sad time for Great Britain. As my Prime Minister, David Cameron, said earlier this week, we have lost a great leader, a great prime minister and a great Briton. She was also our first [...]
April 15, 2013
How Hani brought politics to villagers
April 14 2013 By Nomboniso Gasa. As the sun hung above the Cacadu River the question echoed in the hamlets and villages: “Is it him? Is this the son of Tshonyane?” The cars stopped outside a humble homestead. Transkei Defence Force and Umkhonto weSizwe soldiers jumped out of their cars, making way for the returning [...]
April 11, 2013
My part in the Iron Lady’s ascent
April 9 2013 By Robert Evans Robert Evans, now a correspondent in Geneva, was Reuters bureau chief in Moscow 1975-81 and 1986-91. Here he recalls his part in how Margaret Thatcher, who died on Monday , came to be known as the Iron Lady during her rise to become Britain’s first woman prime minister. Geneva [...]
April 11, 2013
A culture of service and tolerance: Lessons from Chris Hani
Jay Naidoo 10 April 2013 Twenty years on and it is sometimes convenient, or simply too easy, to forget the abyss of civil war from which our leaders drew us back and to speculate on what might have been had the ANC taken a harder line in the negotiation process that led to South Africa’s [...]
April 10, 2013
The murder of a man of peace
April 10 2013 By Janet Smith and Beauregard Tromp There’s a perfect circle of a hole just below the middle of the wooden garage door at 5 Hakea Crescent, Dawn Park. The door rattles and squeaks as it rolls up on the silent street. The house is on a bend, at the end of a [...]
April 9, 2013
Broadening and Deepening Rural Financial Services and Land Banking
By Mandivamba Rukuni 08 April, 2013 Introduction In this 9th of 12 articles, I address the need to broaden and deepen the rural financial services sector, so as to ratchet up seasonal and development finance for agriculture. I will offer a pathway to a vibrant rural banking and base this on establishing a regulated but [...]
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