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by Manlio Dinucci

Rome (Italy) | 25 April 2016

First published December 11, 2013
In the first line of the funeral ceremony for Nelson Mandela, who is a symbol of the struggle against apartheid, will be the US President, two former US Presidents and the Prime Minister of Great Britain – in other words, representatives of the States (...)

Mandela and Israel

by Thierry Meyssan

9 December 2013

Westerners are mourning the death of Nelson Mandela with more sadness than that manifested by Africans. This mourning is a way to settle colonial ideology and crimes that were committed in its name. But it is incomprehensible that this torrent of tributes overlook the persistence of a racist (...)

Remarks by Jacob Zuma at the 68th UN General Assembly

by Jacob Zuma

New York (USA) | 25 September 2013

Mr President, Your Majesties and Excellencies,
Development and security are two sides of the same coin. The best way to ensure
both is through good governance and the promotion of democratic values in all
societies.
Allow me therefore Mr President to register again our serious concern that in (...)

Statement by Jacob Zuma at 67th UN General Assembly

by Jacob Zuma

New York (USA) | 25 September 2012

Bringing about Adjustment or Settlement of International Disputes or Situations by Peaceful Means
Your Excellency, President of the General Assembly, Your Excellency, Secretary General of the United Nations, Your Excellencies and Your Majesties, Distinguished Delegates and guests,
Thank you (...)

The Marikana massacre: South Africa’s unfinished revolution

by Glen Ford

23 August 2012

The massacre of 34 miners at Marikana lays bare the central contradiction of the South African “arrangement.” Back in 1994, “the ‘revolution’ was put on indefinite hold, so that a new Black capitalist class could be created, largely from the ranks of well-connected members of the ruling party and (...)

Statement by Jacob Zuma at the 66th UN General Assembly

by Jacob Zuma

New York (USA) | 21 September 2011

Jacob Zuma ©UN Photo/Devra Berkowitz
Your Excellency, President of the General Assembly; Your Excellency, Secretary General of the United Nations; Your Excellencies and Your Majesties; Distinguished Delegates; Ladies and Gentlemen;
On behalf of the Government and the people of South (...)

Iconoclastic biography of Gandhi

30 March 2011

In a book published this week, author Joseph Lelyveld examines South Africa’s impact on the philosophy and actions of Mahatma Gandhi.
From 1891 to 1915, Mohandas K. Gandhi practiced as a lawyer in South Africa. He defended the rights of the Indian minority who, Gandhi believed, should be (...)

Former Interpol Chief convicted for corruption

7 August 2010

On 3 August 2010, Jackie Selebi was handed down a 15-year sentence by a Johannesburg Court on charges of corruption.
Evidence was provided that the defendant had received huge bribes from a mafia chief and had fabricated false evidence.
His lawyer immediately lodged an appeal hoping for a (...)

Liberation Theology

A South African Christian response to the Palestinian Kairos Document

Pretoria (South Africa) | 5 April 2010

Over the Easter weekend, more than 60 South African church leaders and lay inter-faith theologians have responded to the Kairos Palestine Document, launched in December 2009 by a group of Palestinian Christians. They unequivocally reject Christian Zionism and theologies that justify the (...)

Free Africa Foundation: Buying Freedom For Africa

by Michael Barker

London (United Kingdom) | 28 March 2010

The Free Africa Foundation campaigns for African development and never passes up the opportunity to denounce World Bank and IMF policies. But contrary to appearences, its discourse is actually directed at promoting economic deregulation. Using this example, Michael Barker revisits the (...)

Remarks by Jacob Zuma to the 64th UN General Assembly

by Jacob Zuma

New York (USA) | 23 September 2009

Your Excellency, the President of the General Assembly Your Excellency, the Secretary General of the United Nations Your Excellencies and Your Majesties Distinguished delegates Ladies and gentlemen
This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the adoption, in 1989, of UN General Assembly (...)

Clinton denies military agenda : Divided over Zimbabwe

8 August 2009

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and South African President Jacob Zuma .
The US has no intention of asking South Africa to permit the setting up of American military operating bases in the country, US secretary of state Hillary Clinton said in Durban yesterday.
Addressing the media, (...)

The Wouter Basson Affair

South Africa, a former secret biological terrorism lab for a few “democratic” countries

28 October 2002

In the 1980’s, the South African system of apartheid was “threatened”. The regime set up a secret program of biological and chemical research that it called “Project Coast.” Its objective was to produce lethal substances which were ethnically selective and destructive, thereby allowing the reduction (...)

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