A heritage that shames us
The idealism of SA’s anti-apartheid struggle is in danger of dissolving in the acid of pragmatism, warns public intellectual Darshan Vigneswaran.
The idealism of SA’s anti-apartheid struggle is in danger of dissolving in the acid of pragmatism, warns public intellectual Darshan Vigneswaran.
Human rights issues concerning refugees, immigrants and exiles needed urgent discussion and action at all three levels of government, experts said on Thursday during a panel discussion at the University of the Witwatersrand. The discussion dealt with the Central Methodist Church raid in Johannesburg as well as the country’s immigration policy.
The extent of illegal border crossings from Zimbabwe into South Africa has been exaggerated, according to a migration-studies report released on Tuesday. The report said: ”Recent statements by officials and media reports exaggerated the numbers of Zimbabweans moving across into South Africa or already in the country.”