The battle for an African dream
Racial and economic injustice can be viewed as two sides of the same coin, and much can be learnt from the case of Zimbabwe.
Tagged in: September 2013
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Still saving the Africa Centre
In May 2011 Kaye Whiteman wrote an article in these pages called “Saving the Africa Centre”. The title was taken from a campaign being waged at …
The West’s contempt for Africa must end!
The former South African president, Thabo Mbeki, says the time has come for Africans, and especially African intellectuals, to demand with one voice that the …
Sedick Isaacs The unsung anti-apartheid hero
Incarcerated for 13 years in the notorious Robben Island prison, Dr Sedick Isaacs was one of the intellectual powerhouses of the fight against apartheid. His …
Mo Farah ‘Running into history’
Mo Farah has run into history. Black history? British history? Athletics history? Let’s just say – he has run into history. Clayton Goodwin reports on …
South Africa 100 years of landless blacks
The Land Act of 1913 is the root of all the poverty in South Africa. Starting from 1652 when Dutch settlers landed on the southern …