Most historians nowadays find little to admire in the historical figure of Cecil Rhodes. His name has come to the fore during three recent centenaries (the centenary of his death in 2002; the Rhodes Scholarships, 2003; and Rhodes University, 2004), writes Paul Maylam.
As a non-South African, I will make no attempt to claim to understand fully how much Rhodes’s legacy negatively affected Southern Africans. It would be foolish, even heartless, if anyone ever condoned Rhodes’s racist, imperialistic actions. But is it fair or just to reduce Rhodes to the total sum of wrong things he did in his time? Surely there is more to Rhodes than what is highlighted in Adebajo’s article.
A year on from the Gleneagles summit — and governments, NGOs, multilateral organisations, civil society and the private sector are taking stock of what has been achieved in the past year. As an African-originated multi-national business committed to helping achieve the millennium development goals we believe two relatively unheralded achievements have evolved from ”the Year of Africa”.
Briton Jenson Button seized the first victory of his Formula One career in a Hungarian Grand Prix thriller on Sunday. While the 26-year-old Honda driver ended his long wait, triumphant at last in his 113th start, Renault’s world champion Alonso trudged away without a point after leading for much of the afternoon.
Forensic auditors have uncovered records of more than R25-million listed as having been paid to the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and its structures by Brett Kebble and companies linked to the slain magnet, the Sunday Independent reported. The ANC says it has not been quizzed about any such alleged funds.
Ten Israeli soldiers were killed and at least nine others were wounded when a Hezbollah rocket slammed into a group of reservists in northern Israel on Sunday, medics and Israeli media said. The attack on Kfar Giladi village was the deadliest Hezbollah rocket strike since war with Israel erupted on July 12.
South Africa opener Herschelle Gibbs scored 92 to put his team in a commanding position against Sri Lanka on the third day of the second Test on Sunday. South Africa, who hit 361 in the first innings and bowled Sri Lanka out for 321, reached tea on 161-4 to pad their lead to 201 runs.
Tens of thousands of Muslims demonstrated in several Indonesian cities on Sunday to protest ongoing Israeli military action, branding Israel and the United States the ”real terrorists”. Hard-line Islamic groups and women’s organisations rallied in several big Indonesian cities, denounced Israeli bombardments in Lebanon.
In nursing homes and college dorms, in crowded cities and spread-out suburbs, Americans confront an ailment with no single cause or cure. Some call it social isolation or disconnectedness. Often, it’s just plain loneliness. According to a new study documenting Americans’ shrinking circle of intimate friends, it is worsening.
The sudden resignation of campaigning Nigerian minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala last week is a blow to the credibility of the government and places a question mark over future economic reforms, Nigerian economists and analysts say. She quit last Thursday, 44 days after she was moved from the influential finance ministry to foreign affairs.