Azad Essa
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Displaced face uncertain future as SA camp closes
The last camp in SA hosting displaced foreigners following xenophobic attacks across the country in April, is scheduled to close on Tuesday.
Journalists who don’t matter
Some are more equal than others, which calls Western values into question.
Why the case against Al-Jazeera is about journalism not the network
Al-Jazeera is only one part of a puzzle of the growing restrictions on the freedom of expression of ordinary Egyptians, writes Azad Essa.
Selling red
Ali was barely five years old when the Berlin Wall came down. Twenty years later, he sells remnants of Germany’s communist past to tourists.
Palahniuk’s twisted and hilarious story about sex addiction
Azad Essa speaks to the producer of <i>Choke</i>, South African-born Johnathan Dorfman, about the experience of making this unusual film.
South Africa is not immune to food riots
The latest fad doing the rounds: hints on how cash-strapped South Africans ought to save, well, cash. In these harsh economic times (where $1 will buy you up to three loaves of…