Don't forget history to bolster nation building
JANUARY 27, marked the 70th anniversary of the "liberation" of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
How does De Kock's parole build our nation?
JANUARY 27 marked the 70th anniversary ofthe liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, where an estimated 1,1 million people were killed by Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany during World War 2.
Raising SA from past ashes
Memory of apartheid should be kept alive to help spur nation-building, writes Siphokazi Magadla. JANUARY 27 marked the 70th anniversary of the "liberation" of Auschwitz-Birkenau - the concentration camp in Poland where an estimated 1.1 million people were killed by Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany during World War II.
Some Are Soldiers, Others ‘Straatmeide”
Reports that Julius Malema, the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), called Minister of Small Business Development, Lindiwe Zulu, “a straatmeid” following a verbal exchange that came close to a physical altercation between Zulu and EFF Member of Parliament, Godrich Gardee, is a crude reminder of the sexist double-standards faced by female guerillas in the aftermath of war where they are expected to conform to dominant ideas of feminine respectability.
Beyond 'Rebels' and 'Terrorists': On the Chibok Girls and Post 9/11 Militarism.
“What a stupid idea to announce a ceasefire with Boko Haram, who came up with that? Is it that these people don’t think? ...They are eager to announce good news. Elections are coming fast. Announce good news and then make a fool of yourself. Haba. The most stupid part was suggesting a day for the release of the girls.”
The Deafening Silence of the EFF's Women Leaders
“All we are asking is that he pay back the money, why are we getting thrown out?”
EFF women leaders need to break the silence
"ALL we are asking is that he pay back the money, why are we getting thrown out?" was the question that came from a parliamentary member of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), who on August 21 was identified in a Voice of America news report as a "female EFF member", the day the EFF chanted "pay back the money" to a humiliated and illlooking President Jacob Zuma.
