OPINION by Iqbal Jassat- Racism wins. These two words encapsulate the results of Israel’s latest election. Though early exit polls indicated a tie between the two contesting blocs, official election returns give Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud a more decisive margin of victory. “Against all odds: a great victory for[…]
Former chemical and biological warfare expert Dr Wouter Basson was trying to create an atmosphere not based on facts, a professional conduct committee in Pretoria heard on Thursday. Salie Joubert, representing complainants against Basson, argued before the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) that Basson’s application for the recusal of[…]
In a recent opinion piece, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal Social Sciences research fellow Imraan Buccus says apartheid era president FW de Klerk has been erroneously painted to be a forward thinking leader. Twenty five years after he made his famous speech unbanning liberation movements like the African National Congress and[…]
An application by lawyers for apartheid-era chemical warfare expert Dr Wouter Basson to get more information about a hearing into his conduct will be heard in the High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday. Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) spokeswoman Charmaine Motloung said the council received a court interdict to[…]
As Germans marked the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Palestinians dug a hole into the separation wall in the occupied West bank, in a symbolic gesture to remind the world of their own ordeal. “It doesn’t matter how high the barriers will be, they will fall,”[…]
A new decision by Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon to ban Palestinians from using buses from Al-Quds (occupied Jerusalem) to West Bank has sparked angry reactions as a clear indication on Israel’s apartheid, anti-Arab system. “They say we take up space on the bus, but we don’t ride for free.[…]
Wednesday marks 25 years since five Rivonia Trialists stepped out from prison as free men. Two of the trialists, who are still alive, Ahmed Kathrada and Andrew Mlangeni, shared their views on the occasion. On 15th of October 1989, five of the eight ANC long term political prisoners were released[…]
Former minister Trevor Manuel will deliver the 7th annual Imam Haron Memorial Lecture on Monday evening. The commemorative lecture follows the anniversary of Imam Haron’s death in police detention on 27 September 1969. The memorial lecture is organised by the Imam Abdullah Haron Education Trust (IAHET) and will take place[…]
The iconic “Forum”, the school hall at the centre of the Harold Cressy High School building was filled to the brim on Wednesday, as educators, alumni, activists and learners gathered to celebrate the schools status as a provincial heritage site. The school received a heritage plaque on National Heritage Day,[…]
OPINION by Iqbal Jassat That it was able to withstand a nuclear power whose military is equipped with the most sophisticated weapons of mass destruction during an intense 50 day period of carpet bombings, speaks to the enormity of its victory. The asymmetrical conditions that favoured Israel included the fact[…]
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