South Africa
South Africa Suspends use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine
Photo: YouTube Another COVID-19 vaccine has run into trouble in South Africa, showing less protection there than elsewhere because a SARS-CoV-2 variant that can ...
Imperialism, Lithium, and Bolivia– “We’ll Coup Whoever We Want”
Elon Musk–sovereignty? What sovereignty when we need resources? Photo: JD Lasika/Wikimedia Commons At the end of 2019, there was a military coup in Bolivia, ...
How Joe Biden Can Help Launch A Pro-Africa U.S. Foreign Policy
Incoming President Biden. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. To Incoming-President Biden, I am a lifelong Pan-African activist who believes that change is possible and has ...
“We Want Africa To Unite And Africa To Reclaim Its Land And Resources”–Julius Malema Oxford Union Speech
Julius Malema. Photo: Wikimedia [From The Archives] Below is the transcript of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Front party’s president Julius Malema’s 2016 Oxford Union ...
South Africa issues arrest warrant for ANC’s Ace Magashule
[Ace Magashule] The Guardian: “South African prosecutors issued an arrest warrant on Monday for Ace Magashule, one of the most powerful politicians in the ...
The Struggle For Land and Justice: Will South Africa Continue “Soft-Soft” or Adopt The Zimbabwe Approach?
Empowered smallholder farmers in Gwanda rural district in drought prone southern part of Zimbabwe. They use solar powered irrigation to plant throughout the year. ...
Expecting Europe To Help Develop Africa Is Like Asking for A Thief to Fight Thievery—-Ngugi wa Thiong’o
Prof. Ngugi wa Thiongo. Photo: Wikimedia Commons During the last day of the annual “Congo Week” events focused on empowering Congolese and other ...
Why Moderation In Defense of Liberty Is No Virtue—Malcolm X
Malcolm X. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Herman Hiller [From The Archives] The following essay is excerpted from Malcolm X’s presentation at the Oxford Union Debate on ...