The best anthem for Workers' Day? 'Stimela' -- a tale about apartheid's migrant labour system: Hugh Masekela performing in 2015. Esa Alexander/The TimesWhat is the ultimate song to celebrate Workers’ Day? Many will suggest “The Internationale” which had its roots as a poem written in the aftermath of the Paris Commune in 1871 by Eugène Pottier, a transport worker. Set to music … [Read more...] about The best anthem for Workers’ Day? ‘Stimela’ — a tale about apartheid’s migrant labour system | The Conversation
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The perversion of paleontology by apartheid’s advocates still lingers | The Conversation
The perversion of paleontology by apartheid’s advocates still lingers: Children gather around a fossil skull at a South African museum. EPA/Jon Hrusa In 1925, Jan Smuts was both a prominent politician and an advocate for science. Just after the first of his two terms as prime minister of the Union of South Africa, Smuts served as president of the South African Association for … [Read more...] about The perversion of paleontology by apartheid’s advocates still lingers | The Conversation
