THE indisputably barbaric killing of Muammar Gaddafi last Thursday by a high-tech US drone controlled by some freaky soldier in Las Vegas aided by a French jet fighter assisted by NATO special forces on the ground has been received in … Read more
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‘Noted’ and ‘endorsed’: behind the words
AN ISSUE currently occupying minds in and around Zimbabwe is the implication and effect of the SADC Summit held in Sandton, South Africa, last weekend. In particular, the language of the SADC Communique appears to have received divergent interpretations regarding … Read more
South Africa: the limitations of nationalism
GOD was so generous that he gave mankind dominion over the earth. It is difficult to imagine what would happen if anyone of us were to play God even for a limited duration. What kind of choices would we make? … Read more
South Africa profiling: what is an African?
FORMER South African President Thabo Mbeki says that South Africa, the youngest African state, still owes the world an explanation as to what caused the 2008 violence against black South African citizens and residents born in foreign African states. It … Read more
Post-colonial anti-capitalist disposition: real or myth?
ON OCTOBER 1, 2010, Nigerians celebrated 50 years of independence in this historic year that saw one of Africa’s youngest nation state, South Africa, successfully hosting the first FIFA World Cup on the continent. As Nigerians were celebrating, a debate … Read more
The debris World Cup left behind
THE first World Cup hosted in Africa is over, bar the shouting. The accolades are still pouring in about how South Africa pulled it off with FIFA boss Sepp Blatter giving them nine out of ten on his scorecard. This … Read more
World Cup 2010: I was there
THE World Cup is now approaching its climax. And who would have thought that Brazil, France, Italy and Argentina would bite the dust? In fact who would have thought that South Africa would pull it off? As for Brazil, I … Read more
Why do fans have double standards?
MOST fans follow and support one team from their childhood to adulthood. It is unheard of to change alliances, understandably so. But what happens when a child fan becomes an adult sportsman? Are they allowed to still support their childhood … Read more
South Africa have World Cup, so why are they angry?
IT SAYS much about South Africa that the only thing I won’t miss after my four-week holiday here is the mosquitoes – the noisy blood-suckers that blight sub-Saharan Africa’s summer. Yet that’s not how Africa’s most southern country is … Read more
Zuma has duty to ‘Africanise’ South Africa
LAST week, I watched on TV a debate on land reform between South Africa’s four main political parties contesting next week’s presidential and parliamentary elections. Those represented were the Democratic Alliance, Freedom Front Plus, the Pan African Congress … Read more
