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Reading 2009, part 1

Benjamin Bradlow wrote 1 day ago: In my first full year out of an academic environment, I tried to make sure that I kept up a steady d … more →

Tags: Books, Africa, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Thabo Mbeki, Michael Chapman, es'kia mphalehle, niq mhlongo, Mandla Langa

The "thick-skinned" Thabo Mbeki

Sean wrote 9 months ago: Joseph Lelyfeld, writing in The New York Review of Books, cannot help but notice that Mark Gevisser  … more →

Tags: Books, Politics, South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, Biography, the politics of race, Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, Joseph Lelyfeld

COPE and Obama1 comment

Sean wrote 11 months ago: Mark Gevisser, Thabo Mbeki’s biographer, on the political significance of the new South Africa … more →

Tags: South Africa, Politics, Jacob Zuma, African National Congress, ANC, Barack Obama, The Nation, Congress of the People, cope

On Reading Propaganda (II).

hismastersvoice wrote 1 year ago: In a sense all right-wing and neoliberal propaganda in South Africa derives from overseas. Many cons … more →

Tags: South Africa, the World, Whining and Whimpering, Zimbabwe, neoliberal propaganda

South Africa 'a messy and unpredictable democracy'

Sean wrote 2 years ago: Some insight, some conventional wisdom and color by Mark Gevisser, Thabo Mbeki’s biographer, o … more →

Tags: Jacob Zuma, New York Times

The Dream Deferred3 comments

joburgboy wrote 2 years ago: So remember I spoke last week about that article written by Mark Gevisser? Well, I went to his publi … more →

Tags: Academic Talks, South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, Johannesburg Photos

The Process of being a Sefrican1 comment

joburgboy wrote 2 years ago: So on Tuesday night there was an armed robbery at the place where I worked. I could very well have b … more →

Tags: Government, Academic Talks, South Africa


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