Pallo Jordan
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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
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
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
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".
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Editorial: Talk to us, Pallo Jordan
Pallo Jordan owes his supporters some explanation. Resigning is not coming clean.
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.
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.
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.
ANC’s Pallo Jordan resigns from Parliament
Embattled ANC MP Pallo Jordan has resigned from Parliament following reports that he faked his qualifications.
‘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.