Johannesburg – Students representatives from several universities said they could not guarantee that students would not return to the streets in protest when academic activities resumed in 2016. The group met with Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Higher Education in Johannesburg on Thursday, where they advised that it was best that resolutions be made before the … [Read more...] about Warning that student protests could pick up again in 2016
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South Africa is in danger of becoming a radicalised society – again | The Conversation
Supporters of the Economic Freedom Fighters protesting outside the Johannesburg stock exchange. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko South Africa is increasingly displaying evidence of radicalism, racialised rhetoric and general disenchantment. There are similarities between what’s happening today and the mood in South Africa in the 1940s – the results of which altered the country’s course. … [Read more...] about South Africa is in danger of becoming a radicalised society – again | The Conversation
Why it’s time South Africa’s foreign policy was driven by ideas (again)
Former presidents Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki. Both men had clear ideas about South Africa's foreign policy. ReutersUnderstanding South Africa’s foreign policy has proved elusive these 20-odd years past. The brilliant South African cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro (Zapiro) once drew a cartoon likening the country’s foreign policy to “great unresolved mysteries”. … [Read more...] about Why it’s time South Africa’s foreign policy was driven by ideas (again)
The bokkie stops here: Let’s make feminism fashionable again
Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron was branded “sexist, insulting and patronising” for telling a woman MP to “calm down, dear”. Earlier this month, when President Jacob Zuma said that teenage mothers should be separated from their children and sent “far away” to Robben Island where they would be “forced to go to school”, … [Read more...] about The bokkie stops here: Let’s make feminism fashionable again
Train gets ready to race again |MyPE
Excitement is building in the city for the much anticipated return of the Train Race concept as the inaugural Nelson Mandela Bay Train Race gets set to leave the Port Elizabeth station at 9am on Sunday 27th July. The concept, re-introduced by Zports after an absence of 10 years, will see running teams of 7 […] MyPE News Read more on MyPE. Join the fun: Add Your … [Read more...] about Train gets ready to race again |MyPE
