May 03, 2009

Discussing Hamas with Allister Sparks

I had the very good fortune to spend a couple of hours today chatting with Allister Sparks, the legendary South African journalist who was editor of the gutsy Jo'burg paper...
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September 09, 2006

Pres. Mbeki on the need to listen for the voice of peace; humility; possibilities of transformation

Every week, President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa write a thoughtful message to his people -- and to the world?-- which is posted on the ANC website. The message that...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 09:48 PM | Fulltext link (0 comments)

October 19, 2005

Worries in South Africa

A friend sent me the following opinion piece, which is by veteran South African journalist Tony Hall. I am very honored and happy to be able to publish it on...
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April 03, 2005

South African apartheid's 'Total Strategy'

South African JWN commenter Dominic and I have both started working on trying to find a good--preferably primary-source-- articulation of the "Total Strategy" developed by the apartheid regime in 1976-77...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 10:32 PM | Fulltext link (12 comments)

April 15, 2004

CSM column on South Africa, Thursday

Monday night and Tuesday morning I wrote a column for the CSM reflecting on the state of South Africa's democracy, ten years after that historic first democratic election they had...
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July 30, 2003

Israel and South Africa compared

I wanted to write a bit about one of the conversations I had on Star island last week, one in which we were comparing the issues of Israel and South...
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July 01, 2003

Vilakazi Street, Soweto

Another picture! This is from the afternoon that Leila, our friend Emily Mnisi, Emily's friend Ria, and Ria's daughter Rudo spent driving around Soweto. I guess it was May 4....
Posted by Helena Cobban at 08:44 AM | Fulltext link (1 comments)

May 23, 2003

PUMLA'S BOOK:

PUMLA'S BOOK: I'm writing this, sitting on Amtrak train 94, traveling from Washington DC to Philadelphia. Beforehand, on the connecting bus from Charlottesville up to DC, I read a...
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May 10, 2003

CAPE TOWN (CONTD.):

CAPE TOWN (CONTD.): I'm writing this Saturday afternoon, a couple of hours before Leila and I need to leave for the airport at the end of our time here. What...
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May 08, 2003

ALBIE SACHS AND OTHERS IN CAPE TOWN:

ALBIE SACHS AND OTHERS IN CAPE TOWN: Our first day in Cape Town was really productive and full. I'd been in touch for a while with the office of Albie...
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May 06, 2003

SOWETO AGAIN AND CAPE TOWN

SOWETO AGAIN AND CAPE TOWN: Actually, I think I've got it about Soweto. It's not so much a set of disadvantaged suburbs of Johannesburg. It's not so much an entire...
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MORE ON SOWETO

MORE ON SOWETO: Yesterday I didn't get to finish writing my account of our Sunday visit to and around Soweto with Emily Mnisi. Now, I'm in a hurry, but I...
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May 05, 2003

SOWETO AND JOHANNESBURG:

SOWETO AND JOHANNESBURG: We had a busy and informative weekend. On Saturday we had lunch with Emily Mnisi, a Quaker woman from near Jo'burg whom I had gotten to know...
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February 14, 2003

FROM NEW YORK, Valentine's Day

I've had a busy couple of days of work here, talking to some really interesting folks about my 'Violence and its Legacies' project, and starting to make plans for the...
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