WHY THE NAME BLAQPEARL? Back in the day I was part of a hip hop group called Insidious Inc. The three males in the group, including my late brother, Mr Devious, all had stage names – of course I also wanted one! So being rarely aware of myself from a very young age...
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In defence of City Press | by Julius Malema
Julius Malema argues against the ANC's campaign to boycott the newspaper ENGAGE AND NOT BAN THE CITY PRESS In my tenure as President of the ANC Youth League, I have been a victim of vilification and dis-reputation by many South African leading newspapers. The...
Mike van Graan on The Spear | by Mike Van Graan
Brett Murray's The Spear, a picture of President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed, mimics the pose of the Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin in a Soviet-era propaganda poster. Politicians, whenever they are exposed for having said something offensive, often...
Not judges, but witnesses: the third Russell Tribunal on Palestine begins | by Frank Barat
“We will not be free until Palestine is free.” (Ryan Rodrick Beiler) “We do not represent any state power, nor can we compel the policy-makers responsible for crimes against the people of Vietnam to stand accused before us. We have no force majeure. The procedures of...
Not judges, but witnesses: the third Russell Tribunal on Palestine begins | by Frank Barat
“We will not be free until Palestine is free.” (Ryan Rodrick Beiler) “We do not represent any state power, nor can we compel the policy-makers responsible for crimes against the people of Vietnam to stand accused before us. We have no force majeure. The procedures of...
AMANDLA ISSUE 21 | EDITORIAL
AMANDLA ISSUE 21 | EDITORIAL :We face a deepening crisis. Mining, manufacturing and agriculture, key employments sectors of the South African economy, have declined dramatically, almost certainly condemning many more thousands of people to the unemployment scrapheap....


