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Pallo Jordan

As-Shams was where jazz was happening in South Africa
Friday
/ 12 December 2024

As-Shams was where jazz was happening in South Africa

Record label owner and producer Rashid Vally was so unobtrusive in his dealings with artists that only music nerds recognise his name

By Sean Jacobs
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Cabinet Report Cards 2023
/ 22 December 2023

Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

South Africa has had a mixed bag of environmental ministers over the past 30 years and, bar a few, most have taken the environmental agenda forward

By Sheree Bega
Mbeki’s document ‘a falsification’ of ANC principles — Pallo Jordan
Article
/ 26 September 2018

Mbeki’s document ‘a falsification’ of ANC principles — Pallo Jordan

ANC veteran Pallo Jordan believes former president Thabo Mbeki’s 30-page paper on land expropriation does not enrich the land discourse

By Gemma Ritchie
Fund the labour of cultural workers, Mr President
Article
/ 23 March 2018

Fund the labour of cultural workers, Mr President

"Our president has asked that we send him, maybe one of the places we should dispatch him to is to revisit the way art is funded".

By Zukiswa Wanner
And thus do I salute him
Article
/ 12 January 2018

And thus do I salute him

The poet fought injustice wherever he found it and became a key figure in the ANC-in-exile’s arts and culture department

By Staff Reporter
Shivambu’s tips for obtaining a real qualification
Article
/ 11 December 2014

Shivambu’s tips for obtaining a real qualification

Shivambu now has a master’s degree. It’s an actual qualification, and so we wondered what advice he’d give to those who wished they had a degree.

By Sthembiso Sithole
Ben Turok: Pallo Jordan’s strength lies in his history
Article
/ 20 August 2014

Ben Turok: Pallo Jordan’s strength lies in his history

Despite Pallo Jordan’s resignation following reports of falsifying academic credentials, he is not history, writes the anti-apartheid activist.

By Ben Turo
Pallo Jordan deserves doctorate, says university rector
Article
/ 16 August 2014

Pallo Jordan deserves doctorate, says university rector

UFS rector and vice-chancellor Jonathan Jansen says Jordan should have an honorary doctorate and commended him for stepping down voluntarily.

By Staff Reporter
Editorial: Talk to us, Pallo Jordan
Article
/ 14 August 2014

Editorial: Talk to us, Pallo Jordan

Pallo Jordan owes his supporters some explanation. Resigning is not coming clean.

By Editorial
Khaya Dlanga: Heroic lessons from Jordan’s retreat
Article
/ 14 August 2014

Khaya Dlanga: Heroic lessons from Jordan’s retreat

We don’t know how many people are shaking in their boots now: they should come out now – before the qualifications police hound them too.

By Staff Reporter
Pallo Jordan has proven he’s no Faustian sell-out
Article
/ 12 August 2014

Pallo Jordan has proven he’s no Faustian sell-out

If he did indeed once sell his soul to the devil, Pallo Jordan has made up for it spectacularly by coming clean and resigning, writes Verashni Pillay.

By Verashni Pillay
Pallo Jordan and six other politicians caught in their lies
Article
/ 12 August 2014

Pallo Jordan and six other politicians caught in their lies

Many senior South African politicians have lied blatantly – only to be exposed by the law – so Pallo Jordan marks a break of sorts with the past.

By Phillip De Wet
Pallo Jordan ‘owns up to deceit’, resigns as ANC MP
Article
/ 11 August 2014

Pallo Jordan ‘owns up to deceit’, resigns as ANC MP

ANC veteran Pallo Jordan has resigned as the ruling party’s MP, following a newspaper report exposing his academic qualifications as a lie.

By Mmanaledi Mataboge
ANC’s Pallo Jordan resigns from Parliament
Article
/ 11 August 2014

ANC’s Pallo Jordan resigns from Parliament

Embattled ANC MP Pallo Jordan has resigned from Parliament following reports that he faked his qualifications.

By Staff Reporter
‘Dr Jordan,’ I presume – On making a big thing out of a small thing
Article
/ 7 August 2014

‘Dr Jordan,’ I presume – On making a big thing out of a small thing

Pallo Jordan’s alleged falsification of his qualifications should be kept in perspective, argues Danny Schechter.

By Danny Schechter Tag
Lessons from the Dr Pallo furore
Article
/ 7 August 2014

Lessons from the Dr Pallo furore

The "Dr" Pallo Jordan row should make us question the value we attach to status, position and wealth.

By Staff Reporter
Do newspapers hate black people?
Article
/ 5 August 2014

Do newspapers hate black people?

Pallo Jordan. Phumzile van Damme. It’s tempting to think newspapers are out to make black South Africans look bad, writes Verashni Pillay.

By Verashni Pillay
Ububele personified
Article
/ 19 July 2013

Ububele personified

Dr Pallo Jordan, chairperson of the Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation, remembers Adelaide Tambo.

By Staff Reporter
ANC: On a century of movement
Article
/ 23 December 2011

ANC: On a century of movement

After 100 years the ANC lives. But can it still lead, asks <strong>Pallo Jordan</strong>.

By Staff Reporter
Pallo Jordan opposes media tribunal
Article
/ 23 November 2010

Pallo Jordan opposes media tribunal

ANC veteran Pallo Jordan has criticised his party’s media appeals tribunal plans and the Protection of Information Bill at a debate.

By Johannesburg
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Article
/ 27 October 2010

Pallo Jordan: Info Bill has a ‘purpose’

Debating the Protection of Information Bill "hysterically" would not help people who had concerns about it, ANC veteran Pallo Jordan said on Tuesday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 10 May 2009

Zuma’s Cabinet: Those who didn’t make the cut

For some, the announcement of Jacob Zuma’s new executive comes with a sigh of relief, for others it dashed their high hopes, writes Mandy Rossouw.

By Mandy Rossouw
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Article
/ 18 April 2009

Pallo Jordan launches ‘music hub’ in downtown Jo’burg

SA’s first music hub will empower artists to become a force to be reckoned with in the market, Arts and Culture Minister Pallo Jordan said on Friday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 16 February 2009

The personal is political

Pallo Jordan’s attack on the media for exposing Kgalema Motlanthe’s extramarital affairs is full of straw men.

By Sam Sole Author
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Analysis
/ 20 October 2008

Be afraid. Be very afraid

Mature leadership requires the implementation of the post-Polokwane pledge of reconciliation and inclusivity.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 10 October 2008

‘Terror Lekota is a sore loser’

‘There are lots of nuts in the ANC who shoot their mouths off’, Pallo Jordan tells Mandy Rossouw.

By Mandy Rossouw

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