Overseas stars are our secret weapon, says Rassie Erasmus: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa in the news: Overseas stars are our secret weapon, says Rassie Erasmus: With the Springboks having been dormant since they won the World Cup in November 2019, one of South Africa’s perennial problems could prove a virtue leading into the British & Irish Lions tour. Rassie … [Read more...] about Overseas stars are our secret weapon, says Rassie Erasmus
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How Kwame Nkrumah used metaphor as a political weapon against colonialism | The Conversation
How Kwame Nkrumah used metaphor as a political weapon against colonialism: President John F Kennedy Meets with the President of the Republic of Ghana Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah Wikimedia CommonsKwame Nkrumah (1912-1972), a pioneering pan-Africanist and Ghana’s independence leader (1957-1966), is regarded by many as one of Africa’s greatest politicians . Commentators, historians … [Read more...] about How Kwame Nkrumah used metaphor as a political weapon against colonialism | The Conversation
Art as a weapon in South Africa’s liberation struggle | The Conversation
Art as a weapon in South Africa's liberation struggle: Detail from a poster for the Codesa talks. Judy SeidmanJudy Ann Seidman and her artwork embody the feminist maxim that the personal is political, and the political is personal. US-born Seidman is an artist and activist based in South Africa who, for more than four decades, has contributed to defining the iconography of the … [Read more...] about Art as a weapon in South Africa’s liberation struggle | The Conversation
Occupation of roads ‘a weapon’
Occupation of roads ‘a weapon’: Occupation of roads ‘a weapon’: Arterial occupation has become the soft underbelly protesters around South Africa have exposed, often with devastating consequences, to get their voices heard. The estimated R300 million in damages resulting from two protest actions on the N3 at the Mooi River Plaza over a month are crude reminders of … [Read more...] about Occupation of roads ‘a weapon’
How African governments use advertising as a weapon against media freedom | The Conversation
How African governments use advertising as a weapon against media freedom: Starving news media of revenue is a means of indirect state control. ShutterstockNational governments remain the single largest source of revenue for news organisations in Africa. In Rwanda, for example, a staggering 85-90% of advertising revenue comes from the public sector. In Kenya, it’s estimated … [Read more...] about How African governments use advertising as a weapon against media freedom | The Conversation
