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While JSC squables Achmat targets Judge Hlophe

September 21st, 2009 · No Comments · politics

Judge Hlophe yesterday appeared before the JSC. If you don’t know it, the controversial Judge is under consideration for a post on the Constitutional Court. But proceedings were halted yesterday. The Business day reports on the JSC bust up that followed Hlophe’s appearance:
When JSC member and Independent Democrats leader Patricia de Lille asked Hlophe to [...]

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UK Guardian on South African ‘corrective rape’

March 13th, 2009 · 2 Comments · the power of identity

Slowly international papers with a proud history of covering South Africa, like the Guardian, is catching up with the real events in the country.
With regards to xenophobic murders they were only about two years late (if you take a charitable view and ignore the fact that it had taken place for many years).
Yesterday they featured [...]

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John Qwelane’s homophobia: Old lefty answers are bankrupt

July 26th, 2008 · 15 Comments · the power of identity

Eudy Simelane
Last Sunday, a South African Sunday paper published a homophobic polemic by a veteran and well known journalist John Qwelane.
In it, Qwelane was asking for ‘a politician with balls’ to change the constitution to ban gay marriage and equating marrying a same sex partner with marrying a goat. He went on to [...]

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