Comment & analysis

‘And pity, like a naked newborn babe, striding the blast, or heaven's cherubim, horsed upon the sightless couriers of the air, shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, that tears shall drown the wind,’ Shakespeare’s Macbeth depicting a seemly innocent deed with horrible connotations.

2014 was not the only year in which insincerity, fabrication, half truths and downright disinformation became our national pastime in South Africa, but it must reign up there with the best.

Eleven of our fellow citizens are contesting the Republican presidency in the forthcoming by-election, and they are already on the campaign trail touting their visions for our beloved country.

December 20, 1989 is a day of infamy for the people of Panama. On that day, the most powerful military in the world descended on poor black communities in the middle of Panama City and carried out one of the most brutal war crimes of the late 20th century. Many in the U.S.

Victims who suffered during the 2007-2008 post-election violence have followed the International Criminal Court proceedings closely, hoping to get justice.

INTRODUCTION

An upsurge in mass demonstrations and rebellions across the United States portends much for developments in 2015. None of the underlying factors associated with the rise in police killings and other racist incidents have been seriously addressed by the federal government and the bourgeoisie.

After having consulted both the Norwegian authorities and the Norwegian Support Committee for Western Sahara, engineering company Mesta chose not to conclude a deal with the American salt producer Crystal Mountain.

[Seifudein Adem read this tribute to Mazrui at a memorial event at Binghamton University on December 6.">

We, the members of The Devolution Forum, are deeply concerned with the provisions of the Security Laws (Amendment) Bill 2014.