Governance

The Easter weekend brought more tragedy to Glebelands Hostel in uMlazi, Durban, South Africa. Fikile Jumbile was shot at pointblank range at around 19h45 on Thursday 2 April when returning from Umlazi MegaCity with two friends.

President Kenyatta took an unprecedented step in Kenya during his State of the Nation address at Parliament Buildings on March 26 when he tabled a list of corrupt individuals before the house.

The African Union characterized a recent armed attack that killed more than twenty foreign tourists and others at a Tunisian museum as “heinous and cowardly.” A connection between the five gunmen who staged the raid and terrorist groups has not been confirmed, but a link is suspected.

Various columnists and opposition politicians, whether from the Democratic Alliance or the Economic Freedom Fighters, have repeatedly called for President Jacob Zuma’s head. They want him out and it is often insinuated that if he were gone, things would be better in South Africa.

Thandazile* is 29, unemployed and has four children including a nine-month-old baby. She was one of the dozens of women violently evicted by heavily armed men at Glebelands Hostel last year.

General Dallaire responded to my e-mail, sent to him on the commemoration date of the Rwandan genocide by saying, ‘A late reply but not forgotten dearest Elizabeth.

1. DON’T CROSS THE BOSS

INTRODUCTION

‘...anti-blackness more accurately captures the dehumanization and constant physical danger that black people face. The “anti” in “anti-blackness” is denial of black people’s right to life.’- Michael Jeffries.

"These objects are part of the cultural heritage of another people… to the people of Benin City, these objects are priceless." Dr. Mark Walker.

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Being myself a former Rhodes scholar at Oxford University and given the furore by students calling for the removal of the statue of Cecil Rhodes from the front of the University of Cape Town (UCT), I was rather startled to read the