Nigeria's Ezekwesili: minister turned activist who wants to be president: Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili is a candidate in Nigeria's upcoming 2019 elections. Flickr Many Nigerians are currently debating the country’s 2019 presidential election. Attention has been focused on the two dominant political parties – the ruling All Progressive Congress, and the opposition’s Peoples … [Read more...] about Nigeria’s Ezekwesili: minister turned activist who wants to be president | The Conversation
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How the apartheid regime burnt books — in their tens of thousands | The Conversation
How the apartheid regime burnt books -- in their tens of thousands: The Railway Depot furnace at Kaserne, Johannesburg in 1971. Banned and confiscated books and magazines were burnt weekly. Wits StudentOn the advice of the State Librarian one fine day in the 1970s, a truck transported thousands of books and magazines from Pretoria’s Central Police Station to a dark hall at the … [Read more...] about How the apartheid regime burnt books — in their tens of thousands | The Conversation
South Africa’s Democratic Alliance plays populist immigration card | The Conversation
South Africa's Democratic Alliance plays populist immigration card: Xenophobic attacks in South Africa have been a major concern for organisations working with migrants. EFE-EPA/Kim LudbrookAs elsewhere in the world, migration is increasingly at the centre of South Africa’s public and political debate. For the first time, the country’s official opposition party, the Democratic … [Read more...] about South Africa’s Democratic Alliance plays populist immigration card | The Conversation
Why South Africa can’t make a massive shift to renewables – yet | The Conversation
Why South Africa can't make a massive shift to renewables - yet: Wind turbines used to generate electricity on a wind farm in South Africa. ShutterstockThere’s a lively debate raging in South Africa about the extent to which renewables should replace coal, particularly given the threat of climate change. The country’s electricity supply is currently highly dependent on coal. … [Read more...] about Why South Africa can’t make a massive shift to renewables – yet | The Conversation
Pik Botha: sympathic obits fail to recognise that he protected apartheid | The Conversation
Pik Botha: sympathic obits fail to recognise that he protected apartheid: Pik Botha's life’s work was dedicated to the protection and entrenchment of apartheid. Media 24/Alet PretoriusThe death of Roelof Frederik “Pik” Botha, South Africa’s apartheid era foreign minister from 1977 to 1994, has produced a range of appraisals of his life. The general tone of the … [Read more...] about Pik Botha: sympathic obits fail to recognise that he protected apartheid | The Conversation
