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/ 20 January 2023

How Cabral, Fanon and Freire shaped the struggle against apartheid South Africa — and still inspire

Amílcar Cabral was assassinated 50 years ago today. His thought, which sometimes arrived in South Africa via a circuitous route, speaks to our current crisis with undiminished power.

By Richard Pithouse

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/ 17 July 2006

The cholera aftermath

In 2000/01 South Africa endured a cholera epidemic that spread throughout the eastern coastal region and to other provinces. It resulted in 265 deaths in five provinces and 117 147 people, mostly in KwaZulu-Natal, were infected. The epidemic was, according to the World Health Organisation, the biggest such outbreak in Africa for the reporting period.

By David Hemson