AfriForum has started a campaign to boycott Nestlé products in response to news that the company is buying milk from a farm owned by Grace Mugabe.
The civil rights group this week unveiled a
Grace Mugabe, the wife of Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, owns dairy farms that sell up to a million litres of milk a year to food giant Nestlé, London’s Sunday Telegraph reported.
2. In black and white
Why are none of the ministers appointed to key economic portfolios in Zuma’s Cabinet black? This question from ANC Youth League president Julius Malema has caused the national debate on race to flare up yet again.
3. What price, your love?
One of my favourite passages from the Bible is taken from the book of Ruth, Chapter 1; 16-17. This scripture is often read at weddings and being the soppy, hopeless romantic that I am, it always brings me to tears
4. I am not Zulu
I have to admit to a censorious streak despite being part of a media establishment that fights for a free flow of information and always pushes the boundaries of freedom of expression.
5. Nestlé defends Mugabe milk deal
Nestlé Zimbabwe on Monday defended its decision to buy milk from Gushungo Dairy Estate, a formerly white-owned farm taken over by Grace Mugabe, wife of President Robert Mugabe.
6. Sex, lies and funny money
Athletics South Africa is experiencing a serious financial crisis and failed to brief the council on the federation’s financial status last week, the Mail & Guardian has been reliably told.
7. Aircraft crash-lands south of Durban
The plane that crashed in Merebank — south of Durban on Thursday — declared an emergency shortly after take-off, carrier Airlink said.
8. M&G was spied on
Yes, the Mail & Guardian was spied on by state security agencies, but I won’t tell you why — and, anyway, they were entitled to.
9. Smoke, Coke and mirrors
From the point of view of any ardent, committed Black Consciousness proponent, our history of the past 500 years can best be described only as the history of assimilation.
10. ANC Youth League welcomes decision on Chuene
The African National Congress Youth League on Thursday welcomed Athletics SA’s (ASA) decision to retain Leonard Chuene as its president.