The controversy surrounding Brett Murray’s portrait of President Jacob Zuma has stirred up a hornet’s nest. On the one hand, it has elicited outrage even from people I know to have antipathy towards our head of state. On the other, defenders of The Spear feel that...
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Israel, apartheid, and the Hasbara machine | by Ran Greenstein
Ran Greenstein responds to the recently published pieces by Richard Goldstone and Benjamin Pogrund which reject the analogy of Israel and apartheid. It is not common for the Hasbara machine, disseminating Israeli state propaganda, to be exposed in such a way. As if by...
Somalia: Failing Responses to a Failed State | by Hiba Zayadin
Somalis have once again found themselves fleeing starvation, drought, and conflict. Thousands of Somalis with washed-out ribs and blown-up empty bellies roam their country in search of aid. According to the UN, 10 million people are currently on the verge of...
COSATU Statement on the Dalai Lama Visit
The Congress of South African Trade Unions notes the continuing media frenzy around the Dalai Lama’s visit to South Africa.We also note and respectfully differ with the remarks attributed to Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, in particular the assertion that South...


