Opinions

Obama’s short memory

OPINION by Marwan Bishara- US President Barack Obama checked most of the boxes as he spoke about the ways and means to tackle violent extremism during a special conference on the topic in Washington, DC. He stressed once again that the United States is not at war with Islam. And[…]

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ANC “broke hearts” during SONA

OPINION- About a week ago, minus a day, I stood in the rain as the party my parents raised me to praise and worship as the liberators of my rights discarded several tenets of the constitution they helped construct. I stood in front of Parliament’s glass doors as we journalists[…]

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Egypt, Libya and the cost of retaliation

In the summer of 1977, Egyptian and Libyan forces clashed along their border in a series of cross-border raids, tank battles, and bombing runs. On that occasion, Egypt bombed and strafed Libyan targets near the eastern city of Tobruk, killing several Soviet personnel in the process. Forty years on, Egypt[…]

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Will #OzgecanAslan change Turkey?

Male violence against women happens so often in Turkey that it tends to elicit among the general public little more than a frown and a shaking of the head. Not this time. Maybe it was the sheer brutality of the attack, or the fact that the victim was so young[…]

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SONA 2015: An encouraging sign of democracy

OPINION by Shafiq Morton I stay in the city bowl area near to parliament. For the past 22 years I’ve witnessed the preparations for the State of the Nation address at close quarters. Each February it has always been a much-anticipated ceremony, a ceremony signalling the start of the parliamentary[…]

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#ChapelHillShooting: Lives lost, senselessly

This was first published as a Thought Leader by the M&G. OPINION by Shireen Mukadam Ever heard of Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha and Razan Abu-Salha? Probably not. Two days ago, they were killed, execution style, in their apartment in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on the east coast of the US.[…]

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The ‘terrorist’ has now become the victim

OPINION-January 2015 marked the moment when the world witnessed two lone wolves commit the heinous crime of murder at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris. #JeSuisCharlie went viral in the hours that followed with the world’s condemnation in its full plethora. A month later and again we are told of[…]

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Hypocrisy at its best

The following is an opinion piece by the Media Review Network on the visit of Tony Blair to South Africa: OPINION-Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is in South Africa as the keynote speaker for the 2015 Annual African Mining Indaba. Ironically, his visit to SA coincides with the visit[…]

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Beyond Kasaasbeh’s murder

OPINION-The crisis in Syria is more protracted and dangerous for Jordan than the incident of the burning to death of pilot Maaz Al-Kasaasbeh. This latter crime was hideously carried out on purpose in order to stir an Arab and international uproar and provoke the Jordanians in general. The crime reflects[…]

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Je suis Hypocrite!

OPINION by Suraya Dadoo In the days immediately following the Charlie Hebdo bloodbath, there was an unprecedented global outpouring of solidarity, culminating on Sunday, 11 January, when 40 heads of state ‘led’ more than a million people in a march to honour the victims of the Paris shootings. Perhaps we[…]

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