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/ 12 October 2007
Prominent human rights lawyer George Bizos (79) is in a stable condition at the Wits University Donald Gordon Medical Centre, the facility said on Friday. Client services manager Vernon Kinnear said Bizos was admitted on Monday with a gastrointestinal complaint. ”He is doing very well; he is even managing his diary from his hospital bed,” he said.
At Ibadan Polytechnic in Nigeria, Jonathan Adejunmobi has a hard job teaching journalism. For a start, there’s not even water to flush the toilets. Then, the school he heads has only a pair of ancient computers, and the electricity supply is more off than on. In such conditions, how do his students go on to become journalists for Nigeria’s vibrant media?
A motivational essay by Sharon Farr gives the filmmaker’s reasons for making a documentary about Bram Fischer. Here is an extract.
African National Congress and South African government representatives held a round of preliminary talks in London last weekend.
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/ 13 October 1989
The releases of Walter Sisulu and seven other political prisoners are expected to begin on Sunday and the MDM is planning marches and rallies.
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/ 13 October 1989
The Walter Sisulu I know is no different from the man-in-the-street.