South Africa Looks Forward

The Root, Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Malema calls Zille a ‘racist little girl’

Times South Africa
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Malema made a personal, vulgar attack in discriminatory language ........ (BH) .....

Death knell for ANC’s political foes?

Reuters
South Africa’s national elections last week have reshaped the contours of the country’s political landscape. It has almost certainly killed off the careers of many opposition leaders who have become institutions and their parties with them. It virtually obliterated the peer parties of the ANC, with their roots as liberation movements, such as the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) and the Azanian Peoples’ Organisation (Azapo).

Ökna - my home

Eden? Maybe. But Where’s the Apple Tree?

New York Times, NICHOLAS WADE
A new genetic survey of people in Africa, the largest of its kind, suggests, however, that the region in southwest Africa seems, on the present evidence, to be the origin of modern humans.

South Africa: Zuma’s already under pressure to pay his debts

Business Day
The election is hardly over and the horse trading between the members of the tripartite alliance has begun. It’s payback time, as was inevitable given the manner in which president-in-waiting Jacob Zuma rose to power.

Mozambique President Visits Former Liberated Area in Niassa

AIM, Club of Mozambique

"To use the experiences gained in the fight against colonial rule to win today's battle against poverty."
How ?? (BH)
There are 750 veterans living in Mavago district. 471 are already receiving their pensions, but 279 are waiting for the government to fix the amount.
"Already"? "279 waiting" - Independece came on 25 of June 1975 !?!?!?!?.... 34 years ago. That's about how old an average Mozambican gets ...(BH)