by Alex Newman, New American While most of the world refuses to acknowledge what is happening in largely communist-controlled South Africa, the non-profit group Genocide Watch declared last month that preparations for genocidal atrocities against white South African farmers were underway and that the early phases of genocide had possibly already begun. In the long
Read more: White genocide, full-blown communism looming in South Africa
The Press Ombudsman has ordered weekly newspaper Sondag to publish a front page apology to Dan Roodt for publishing a defamatory article linking the Afrikaans writer and activist to an internet sex site. Deputy ombudsman Johann Retief found that the March 3 article created “considerable and unnecessary” damage to Roodt’s public image. The article told
Read more: ‘Sondag’ newspaper must publish front-page apology to Dan Roodt
If you care about rebels the world over, as Sens. John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham think you ought to, consider the fate of one brave rebel. Stacked as they are with The Dictator’s judges, the courts in this rebel’s country want to place him behind bars for shooting a predator on his property.
While white South African swimmers, Cameron van den Burgh and Chad Le Clos, have won gold medals at the Olympic games in London, complaints that “Team SA” is “too white” have surfaced. In a country where affirmative action requires black majorities everywhere, even racial quotas for sports teams, the sight of two young white men
Read more: Race an issue while white South African swimmers win gold
JERUSALEM – Mitt Romney told Jewish donors Monday that their culture is part of what has allowed them to be more economically successful than the nearby Palestinians, outraging Palestinian leaders who called his comments racist and out of touch. “As you come here and you see the GDP per capita, for instance, in Israel which
Nobel literature prize winner Nadine Gordimer poured scorn on South Africa’s education system on Tuesday as “a wreck” over the failure to deliver textbooks to thousands of public schools. The scandal has caused a national furore after leaving more than 5,000 rural schools without textbooks for more than six months of the academic year in
Read more: Nadine Gordimer describes South African education system as a ‘wreck’
Following on our story, Political killings in South Africa are about money, here is a list of those killed, together with dates: – June 27, 2007 Govan Mbeki municipality deputy mayor Thandi Mtsweni was killed in Secunda, Mpumalanga for allegedly investigating tender irregularities. She was shot dead by two gunmen when she arrived home with
Read more: Names and dates of recent South African political killings
Political killings in South Africa are not about political dominance but about getting to the trough first. For a list of those murdered, see Names and dates of recent South African political killings “Some of these guys literally come out of severe poverty and if they get kicked out they will be back there.” said
Read more: Political killings in South Africa are about money
by H.S. Brink Firstly, blaming HF Verwoerd for the textbook mess is nonsensical at best and for your newspaper to portray Verwoerd as the “architect of apartheid” is a false representation. Those who perpetuate this lie may well be referred to a book by David Walsh called The Roots of Segregation – Native Policy in
South Africa’s mines will be nationalised and land will be expropriated, ANC Youth League deputy president Ronald Lamola said on Monday. “Leadership of the ANC might be afraid to say ‘nationalisation’ and ‘expropriation of land without compensation’, but the policy conference has clearly demonstrated the power and the mobility of the young lions,” Lamola said
Read more: ‘South African mines will be nationalised and land expropriated’
Switzerland’s Michel Morganella is being investigated for sending an allegedly racist message on Twitter after their defeat in the men’s Olympic football by South Korea, a Swiss team official said on Monday. “We are investigating this case and we will hold a news conference at 5pm today,” said Christof Kaufmann. The alleged tweet has since
Read more: Swiss soccer player investigated for Twitter ‘racism’
Inequalities in South Africa are threatening economic growth, with children born into poor families unlikely ever to escape poverty or reap the rewards of living in Africa’s largest economy. The World Bank’s sobering assessment released last week found that a child’s gender and ethnicity at birth, combined with a lack of education, largely determine that
Read more: Despite radical affirmative action, racial income gap remains in South Africa
Mamphela Ramphele says the education crisis is not Hendrik Verwoerd’s fault but that of the current government, The Star reported on Monday. The anti-apartheid activist was responding to a statement by President Jacob Zuma in which he said Verwoerd was responsible for the current mess in schools. Ramphele said children were better taught under apartheid’s
Read more: Education under white rule was better – black South African activist-academic
Zimbabwe’s central bank chief warned Friday the country’s fragile economy could grind to a halt if the government rushes its planned seizure of majority stakes in foreign-owned banks. “The implementation of indigenisation and economic empowerment regulations in the banking sector should be done in a manner that preserves confidence since any adverse developments in the
Read more: Zimbabwe central banker cautions on yet more affirmative action
