Because hope springs eternal in human affairs, societies prefer not to wallow in their past failures or those of their governments
Relations between rulers and intellectuals are often characterised by uneasiness, mistrust and, at times, outright antagonism
Ironically, those at the forefront of challenging the govenment’s misguided policies on HIV/Aids are from white institutions. Why have black academics been silent for so long?
The north is, for now, off the president’s back. The e-mail was to the point: "What is your man playing at? Does your government really support this lunatic Mugabe or is this just politics?" This from an old friend in London who gambles other people’s money on the equities market.
Bush’s "war on terror" has provided cover for Sharon’s brand of state terror. As we drove through Ramallah I will never forget how he changed. Jamal, our interpreter. A lean, bookish, quietly spoken man.
Cricket, at least, is transforming strongly. There came a point, over an hour into the afternoon’s session last Saturday, when Makhaya Ntini and Paul Adams began to wilt.
Already it is becoming clear that the South African bureaucracy lacks the confidence to see that openness is a friend and not a foe.
New York seems to have shrunk in more ways than one. And, though at least one in four cars and homes fly the Stars and Stripes, the impression is that of a muted nation. The recession is hitting Manhattan hard.
Professor Jonathan Moyo, Information Minister Plenipotentiary in the government of President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, is sometimes capable of making a surprisingly lucid statement in the face of rabid questioning from the world’s gutter press.
Born in America, at home in Africa. Are Negroes the Wandering Jews of Africa? The question arises because I, for one, am becoming aware of more and more Negroes wandering into South Africa — and often wandering in to stay.