From The Times of India: Are fake drugs manufactured in China being pushed into various African countries with the `Made in India’ tag? The Indian government has long suspected this to be the case, but it now has definite evidence for the first time. Last week, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and [...]
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third world solidarity
Posted in politics, tagged China, Drugs, India, international relations, Nigeria, third world solidarity on June 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
slum citizens
Posted in politics, tagged Abahlali baseMjondolo, Dara Kell, Dear Mandela, film, politics, slum dwellers, South Africa, video on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Filmmakers Chris Nizza and Dara Kell have been in South Africa since mid-April on their first production shoot for the feature documentary film ‘Dear Mandela’ (the feature expands on a short film they shot last year). They post regular production updates about the shoot online. Like most recently when they quickly uploaded a short video [...]
‘history is written by the winners’
Posted in Africa is a Country, politics, tagged advertising, censorship, colonialism, design, History is written by the winners, history writing, television, war on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This image above was part of a now-abandoned, award-winning print media campaign to promote a television channel. The slogan ‘History is Written By the Winners” is printed in the top right-hand corner. The logo of the company is blocked out. The inscription, which is too small to see, reads: Iraqis killed under Saddam regime: 300,000 [...]
spitting image
Posted in politics, tagged humor, Kenya, politics, puppets, The XYZ Show on May 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
From the (South African) Mail & Guardian: “African governments are not noted for their sense of humour: the SABC has mothballed a … satirical puppet show, Z News, by political cartoonist Jonathan “Zapiro” Shapiro. South African President Jacob Zuma has lodged two lawsuits against Shapiro’s cartoons already. In Egypt, blogger Abdel Karim Suleiman was imprisoned [...]
the country that’s ‘the largest prison in the world’
Posted in politics, tagged Dahlak Kebir island prison, Eritrea, human rights, politics, prisons on May 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
From Dan Moshenberg: In Eritrea, called by some the largest prison in the world (although Gaza also can make that claim), the conditions in the actual prisons are inhumane: “The continuing “emergency” is also used to legitimize sweeping restrictions on political dissent and religion. National-service conscripts who question government policy soon find themselves in Eritrea’s [...]
‘the art and technique of always landing on your feet’
Posted in politics, tagged Jacob Zuma, politics, South Africa on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of my favorite writers, Bryan Rostron,* (I consider his occasional pieces on South Africa in publications like The New Statesman as an antidote to the ramblings of RW Johnson), opines on the age of Jacob Zuma.
when he is not dancing
Posted in politics, tagged After Mbeki, Jacob Zuma, politics, South Africa, Who is Jacob Zuma on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
South African commentator Fazila Farouk puts aside the conventional-speak and focuses on the real questions post-elections last week. And she is not optimistic about the Zuma Presidency: “… What path, in the midst of all these, will Zuma and his new ANC carve out for South Africa’s future? Who will their role models be? Under [...]
hell hole
Posted in politics, Africa is a Country, tagged politics, film, television, Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, documentary film, Hell Hole on April 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Posted with vodpod A new South African TV documentary (made for the country’s public broadcaster ) titled “Hell Hole” exposes conditions inside Zimbabwe’s prisons. Here is some raw footage from the documentary and another interview with the filmmaker, Godknows Nare by news agency AP. Via Sokwanele
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