Behind the NGO Attack
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NGOs in his country are not the benign civil society activist groups they purport to be, says Nigerian satirist, former lawyer and novelist Elnathan John.
04/10/2015
The Rainbow Myth
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For middle class people in South Africa to accuse the marginalised of shaming the ‘rainbow nation’ is adding insult to injury, says Rhodes historian Nomalanga Mkhize.
04/05/2015
Taking sex workers off the streets won't help fight HIV
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It’s not sex work that causes high HIV rates and violence, it’s the criminalisation of it that is the problem, argues Dianne Massawe of the Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce in South Africa.
29/01/2015
It’s not poverty that is to blame for the weak African responses to Ebola, but bad leadership, says the head of the Nigerian Academy of Science, professor Oyewale Tomori.
13/11/2014
Cyril Ramaphosa "not solely to blame for Marikana massacre"
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Blaming mine boss Cyril Ramaphosa for the bloodbath of mineworkers at Marikana is not based on evidence. It is also way too simplistic, says South African academic, columnist and former trade unionist Steven Friedman.
04/09/2014
“UN is so ineffective, it should rather stay out of conflict zones”
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UN peacekeepers should rather stay out of conflict zones, says Bram Posthumus.
25/06/2014
“The killing in South Sudan has little to do with tribal hatred”
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The killing in South Sudan has little to do with tribal hatred, says John Penn Ngong.
29/04/2014
Oscar Pistorius’ trial should be more than a media circus, says Anand Govender, brother of Elvis Govender who was murdered by a man ‘defending his property.’
17/03/2014
Fighting human traffic with stricter laws is counterprdocutive and dangerous, says Judith Sargentini.
22/01/2014
“The land grab has been exaggerated”
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The ‘land grab’ has been exaggerated, says Dr Ward Anseeuw.
27/11/2013
“The War on Terror has only brought more terror to East Africa”
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The War on Terror has only brought more violence to the East African region, says Timothy Kalyegira
17/10/2013
“Children will get married, like it or not”
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Nigeria | Girl children will get married like it or not says gender and social justice activist and journalist Tobore Ovuorie.
10/09/2013
"Don't boycott clothes made by exploited workers"
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Customers should not boycott clothes that have been made by exploited workers, says Atunga Atuti O.J.. But it’s a good idea to question the origins of the goods you buy, and to engage the brands.
25/06/2013
"Successful white farms are a myth"
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Zimbabwe's land reform. Tens of thousands of violent Mugabe-supporters invaded prosperous white farms, wrecked them and reduced the country to ruins. Not true, says 'Zimbabwe takes back its land', a new book by Joe Hanlon, Jeanette Manjengwa and Teresa Smart. The ZAM Chronicle Q & A with Joe Hanlon
24/04/2013