“A democratic and free society in which all persons will live together in harmony and with equal opportunities … is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.” These were the last chilling words of Nelson Mandela’s three-hour speech before hundreds at his criminal trial proceeding in the Pretoria Supreme Court of South Africa on April 20, 1964.
Category: South Africa
Trump’s alt-right ambassadors must be resisted
US President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office after returning to the White House in Washington D.C. Photo: Yin Bogu/Xinhua Donald Trump, through Joel Pollak as ambassador, will attempt to export the alt-right’s “civilisation of death” agenda, writes Ahmed Haroon Jazbhay. Speculation is rife that US President Donald Trump aims to send South African-born Joel Pollak as his ambassador to the country.
.com | The agonising wait as the assault starts
It is Tuesday in Pretoria West, and after some of the city’s buildings are torched and about 30 foreign-owned shops looted, a group calling itself the Mamelodi Concerned Residents’ Association announces it will lead a march against undocumented immigrants on Friday and hand over a memorandum to government. At 11:00 that morning, Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba speaks from Cape Town after the group’s anti-immigrant march is approved by the Tshwane metro police.
Five international leaders to watch in 2017
France’s far right politician Marine Le Pen visits Paris’ biggest Christmas market as polls show her topping the first round of the 2017 election. France’s far right politician Marine Le Pen visits Paris’ biggest Christmas market as polls show her topping the first round of the 2017 election.
Five international leaders to watch in 2017
France’s far right politician Marine Le Pen visits Paris’ biggest Christmas market as polls show her topping the first round of the 2017 election. France’s far right politician Marine Le Pen visits Paris’ biggest Christmas market as polls show her topping the first round of the 2017 election.
.com | ANC leader vs SA leader
A foreign coach might be the answer to the Springboks’ woes as he will be unbiased, impartial and not connected to anyone, writes Stanley Hermanus . Awarded after your first article is published on MyNews24.