Specialists on Islam to speak at Vanderbilt A South Africa Event on 2016-02-03 00:00:00 Four talks on Islam are being held at Vanderbilt University in conjunction with the 2015-2016 Andrew W. Mellon John E. Sawyer Seminar, "Where the Fringe Dwarfs the Center: Vernacular Islam Beyond the Arab World." Faculty members across a wide variety of academic disciplines … [Read more...] about Specialists on Islam to speak at Vanderbilt
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The harsh realities about South Africa that the World Bank dare not speak | The Conversation
A great deal of detail about poverty and inequality in South Africa remains unspoken. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko Sometimes silences speak volumes. In his seminal book The Anti-Politics Machine Stanford University anthropologist James Ferguson criticised the World Bank’s 1980s understanding of Lesotho as a “traditional subsistence peasant society.” Apartheid’s migrant labour system … [Read more...] about The harsh realities about South Africa that the World Bank dare not speak | The Conversation
Pupils Speak Out: Schools need to make us more aware of our privilege
A weekly series of articles written by pupils who want to contribute to the debate about South Africa’s education system. As a pupil at a religiously alligned, predominantly white, privileged, private school in Johannesburg, I have never been exposed to real hardship. Read the full article by here: Johannesburg, South Africa News Submit and get free press releases here: … [Read more...] about Pupils Speak Out: Schools need to make us more aware of our privilege
Hawks saga: victims speak out
Maqhawe Sibanda and Shepherd Tshuma, who were allegedly kidnapped by members of the Hawks and handed over to Zimbabwean police, gave a chilling account of how they were tortured. Picture: Bongiwe Mchunu Johannesburg – Two survivors of the illegal rendition that led to the suspension of two top Hawks, Lieutenant-General Anwa Dramat and Major-General Shadrack Sibiya, have … [Read more...] about Hawks saga: victims speak out
