Confronting Global Apartheid Demands Global Solidarity
AfricaFocus Bulletin
Editor s Note The COVID-19 pandemic has both revealed and deepened structural
inequalities around the world. Nearly every country has been hit by
economic downturn, but the impacts are unevenly felt. Within and
across countries, the people who have suffered most are those already
disadvantaged by race, class, gender, or place of birth, reflecting
the harsh inequality that has characterized our world for centuries.
Regular readers of AfricaFocus Bulletin will already be familiar with the US-Africa Bridge Building Project, founded by Imani Countess, on which I am working as a consultant. This AfricaFocus Bulletin contains the first essay in the project s Transnational Solidarity Playbook, which is being released on the project website today. The format for that website was designed by Go!Creative and Village Green Consulting, and is much more professionally designed and attractive than the wo
Zambia, Eswatini: Why is Jacob Zuma visiting old exile haunts? Carien du Plessis/News24 Wire
Former president Jacob Zuma at the State Capture Commission in Parktown, 16 July 2019. Picture Neil McCartney Recently, several politicians visited him at his home in Nkandla to try to convince him to obey a ConCourt ruling compelling him to testify at the State Capture Commission.
Former president Jacob Zuma has not been sitting around in Nkandla and waiting for tea dates. Instead, he has travelled to old exile haunts for what was said to be personal business.
According to reports in the Eswatini press, Zuma visited the kingdom over the weekend where he visited King Mswati III and stayed at The Royal Villas in Ezulwini, just outside the capital, Mbabane.
Where is former president Zuma? Reports say he is on private business in Eswatini, Zambia news24.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from news24.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
South Africa, “Mzansi”, is home to big cities, picturesque mountain views, vineyards and beautiful beaches, with a tradition and cultural infused character, and a country best appreciated through its many hidden villages and small towns. Well-known destinations like Cape Town, Johannesburg, Sabie River, the Garden Route, and Durban continue to attract families and adventurous backpackers but South Africa actually has so much more to offer. As the country marks International Tourist Guide Day on February 21, we take a look at some of the least known and talked about charming small towns, that are the real treasures to the country’s heartbeat.
OBITUARY | Jackson Mthembu, the ANC s voice of a political era Minister in the presidency Jackson Mthembu died on Thursday morning of Covid-19 related complications. File photo. Image: GCIS
During some of the most crucial years of the ANC s post-1994 existence, Jackson Mthembu, 62, was the voice of the ruling party. He was a stalwart whose interaction with the media would become synonymous with that of the ruling party.
On Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that Mthembu, the minister in the presidency, had succumbed to Covid-19 related complications.
Mthembu s life was nothing short of hard-fought and his allegiance in the fight against the apartheid regime was evident.