“… Once hailed as crisis proof, African consumers are feeling the pinch, and hopes they can cushion shrinking company profits in the rich world by shopping their way through a global recession are evaporating. Six months ago, Africa outside South Africa looked virtually immune from the financial crisis, with sound banks and emerging middle classes [...]
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Africa and the global recession
Posted in economy, tagged Africa and the World, economy, global economic recession on April 13, 2009 | Comments Off
‘Blacks should not be ashamed to be filthy rich’*
Posted in economy, journalism, money, Not just about Africa, politics, tagged Billionaires, Black economic empowerment, Forbes, money, Patrice Motsepe, Richest People in the World, South Africa, Wabenzi, Warren Buffett, wealth on March 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Patrice Motsepe, the new generation South African capitalist, is on the cover of Forbes’ ‘Richest People’ issue (he’s worth $2,4 billion; the richest man is the American investment guru Warren Buffett at $62 billion).Full story here. * BTW, the quote referenced in the my title is from a statement by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, currently South Africa’s [...]
Michael Massing on ‘Darwin’s Nightmare’
Posted in documentary films, economy, food and drink, tagged Darwin's Nightmare, documentary, film, globalization, Michael Massing on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve seen Hubert Sauper’s Darwin’s Nightmare a few times now and I like it (in fact, another public screening of the film I was partly hosting on Wednesday on the campus where I teach fell through because of a graduate student strike — a strike, btw, which I supported). Darwin’s Nightmare is hardcore filmmaking. That [...]
‘Brand Mandela’
Posted in economy, Nelson Mandela, Not just about Africa, politics, South Africa, tagged apartheid, birthdays, Branding, Christian Science Monitor, Nelson Mandela, new South Africa, South Africa, Stephanie Hanes on March 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
… [A] label that a Mandela attorney once estimated was second only to Coca Cola in global recognition. The ‘old man’ is 90 (!) this year. Full story here
The photography of Peter McKenzie
Posted in economy, photography, politics, South Africa, tagged Center for Civil Society, Durban, Peter McKenzie, photography, politics, South Africa on February 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Interview with the South African photographer Peter McKenzie by Sean O’Toole and images from an exhibition at the University of Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa here. (For more background on McKenzie, see also Africultures).
Radio Freedom
Posted in documentary films, economy, radio, technology, tagged Benin, communication, documentary films, radio, Radio Bani Ganse, VPRO, Wendy Willems on February 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In 1990 when the small West African country Benin made the transition from authoritarian to democratic rule, one of the byproducts of the new regime was community radio. Today there are about forty community radio stations in the country, the largest in the region. Owned and operated by local people, these stations play a central [...]
Black Power
Posted in economy, Johannesburg, mall culture, Nelson Mandela, politics, post-1994 South Africa, South Africa on November 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Economist on the changing class politics amongst South Africa’s black majority. Full story here.
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Posted in economy, Not just about Africa, photography, politics, politics and sports, US presidential elections 2008, tagged Barack Obama, Muhammed Ali., No Comment, photography, pictures, US Presidential Elections on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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