Concentration camps were used by the Germans in South West Africa, writes Casper W Erichsen In a recent M-Net documentary, Scorched Earth, an array of historians described how the deplorable and inhumane conditions in concentration camps accounted for the deaths of 27 297 Boers, as well as an estimated 20 000 black casualties. The programme […]

The time is right to discuss the language we use to describe injustices analysis Laura Stovel The United States government announced this month that it will boycott the upcoming United Nations Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance if discussions equating Zionism and racism are held. That stance is unfortunate. Such discussions could […]

Evolution of Humankind Geophysics building, University of the Witwatersrand August 18 The Institute for the Study of Mankind in Africa is holding a symposium entitled Evolution of Humankind on Saturday August 18. Speakers include Dr Samuel Asala, head of morphological anatomy at Wits; Professor Trefor Jenkins of the department of human genetics at Wits; Kevin […]

In Europe, they call it ethnic cleansing; according to Zimbabwe government apologists, it is settlement of the land question. Whichever view we take on the situation in Zimbabwe, there are facts in common to each. People are being chased off land to which they have legal title because of the colour of their skin. Those […]

A SECOND LOOK Jaspreet Kindra The Democratic Alliance is not a party of true liberals, claims African National Congress spokesperson Smuts Ngonyama. This is the ANC’s major problem with the official opposition for “if the Democratic Party and the DA believed in liberalism it would not demonise a democratically elected government”. Exposing that “problem” are […]

Jubie Matlou reviews new telecommunication technology Wireless Telephony Technologies l Second-generation technology: Global System for Mobile Telephony (GSM) current technology for mobile telephony. Based on digital technology with voice and limited text/fax provisions. l Third-generation technology: Basically upgrades a cellphone into a personal computer, compatible with satellite signals that enable a consumer to make or […]

About 98% of the Cape Town Opera choir is black, writes Barry Streek Opera in South Africa, especially in the “racist” Western Cape, has suddenly gone black. In the process, the image of opera as elite, Eurocentric art and entertainment has all but disappeared. Today 98% of the Cape Town Opera choir is black, as […]

President Robert Mugabe’s speech on Saturday made it quite clear that he is becoming increasingly willing to resort to anarchy and violence in order to gain political popularity and retain power. His warning to farmers that they must not retaliate or expect police protection when confronted with violence by axe-wielding mobs of thugs bent on […]

The Zimbabwean army is to be deployed on white-owned farms to “speed up” redistribution of land and to “protect” black settlers from violent farmers, says the government. Land Minister Joseph Made told the state-owned Herald newspaper that the military is being called in because the pace of farm seizures is too slow. Harare is portraying […]