Whipping the Cat named Africa’s best small legal practice: On 8 September, Whipping the Cat (www.whippingthecat.com) was named the continent’s best small law practice at the African Legal Awards ceremony in Johannesburg. The awards recognise exceptional achievement within the African legal community in the last year. Receiving the title of African Law Firm of the Year … [Read more...] about Whipping the Cat named Africa’s best small legal practice
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Whose keeping an eye on South Africa’s spies? Nobody, and that’s the problem | The Conversation
Whose keeping an eye on South Africa's spies? Nobody, and that's the problem: South Africa's intelligence services continue to have more in common with their apartheid-era counterparts 23 years into democracy. shutterstockOnce again South Africa’s intelligence services are embroiled in controversy, apparently involved in dirty tricks and criminal activity. New evidence of … [Read more...] about Whose keeping an eye on South Africa’s spies? Nobody, and that’s the problem | The Conversation
South Africa’s housing challenge seen through the lens of its third largest city | The Conversation
South Africa's housing challenge seen through the lens of its third largest city: Typical mass housing units in South Africa. Filckr/IGN11As with all of South Africa’s larger urban areas, rapid urbanisation has continued to place pressure on the eThekwini Metro. Centred around the city of Durban, on the country’s east coast, South Africa’s third largest city by population has … [Read more...] about South Africa’s housing challenge seen through the lens of its third largest city | The Conversation
Blackness, oceans and South Africa’s colonial history are at my family’s core | The Conversation
Blackness, oceans and South Africa's colonial history are at my family's core: Cape Town SutterstockThis excerpt is based on an extract from the book, “Race Otherwise: Forging a New Humanism for South Africa” by the author. My blackness is supposedly visible only because I do not “look white”. But, in some parts of West Africa I am called white. My blackness is ambiguous … [Read more...] about Blackness, oceans and South Africa’s colonial history are at my family’s core | The Conversation
Racism is behind outlandish theories about Africa’s ancient architecture | The Conversation
Racism is behind outlandish theories about Africa's ancient architecture: The pyramids of Giza on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. Mohamed Abd El Ghany/ReutersSome of the most impressive buildings and cities ever made by humans can be found in Africa: the ruined city of Great Zimbabwe, Mapungubwe in South Africa, Kenya’s Gedi Ruins and Meroe in Sudan. Perhaps the most … [Read more...] about Racism is behind outlandish theories about Africa’s ancient architecture | The Conversation
