A new book is the most important yet on contemporary South African art, writes Shaun de Waal.
A call has been made for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to involve civil society in its decision-making process — in deed, as well as in word. This came ahead of the annual SADC summit for heads of state and government that gets under way on Thursday in Lesotho’s capital, Maseru.
A neo-Nazi organisation is poised to purchase a hotel in a town in Germany after local residents failed to come up with enough money to stop the sale. In a race against the clock that made headlines around the world, people in Delmenhorst near Bremen held bake sales and staged fund-raising barbecues to try to scrape together money to thwart a rich, neo-Nazi lawyers’ organisation from buying property in their town.
The grand assemblage of Muslim MPs, members of the House of Lords (peers) and leaders of 38 key United Kingdom groups who signed an open letter to British Prime Minister Tony Blair last weekend are almost certainly right. British foreign policy has helped foment murderous extremism among British Muslims.
”I’m not Candide, nor Dr Pangloss, but we know that faith moves mountains.” And raises Manhattan towers? Jonathan Glancey speaks to Daniel Libeskind, planner of Ground Zero and globetrotting architect.
Joanna Murray-Smith’s thoughtful play explores the oldest of themes, but what sets Honour apart is the wit of the writing, depth of exploration and absence of any neat bows tied around the package, writes Pat Schwartz.
About 1 200 South African emigrants have returned to the country in the past two years, the Come Home Campaign said on Thursday. Manager of the Campaign Alana Bailey said that while many South Africans living and working abroad are hesitant to return because of crime and uncertainty about job opportunities, they missed ”home” and want to return.
Despite the difficulties they faced, women’s struggles during apartheid resulted in South Africa today having one of the most progressive constitutional-legislative frameworks for women’s rights in the world. It is not, however, a time for complacency — there exist devastating compromises and crucial omissions, writes Pregs Govender.
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Food, security and political stability were on Wednesday identified as some of the urgent matters that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) needs to address. ”For us as a region we cannot continue in the medium and long term … to beg for food,” said SADC executive secretary Tomaz Augusto Salomao.