Ronnie Govender: ‘Unbowed, unbroken. I am of Africa’
The South African activist and man of letters, who died on 29 April 2021, used language as a weapon to defend the marginalised and reflect upon the people, places and culture that defined him
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In the name of culture
Time to move past war cries and into real equality and a culture of human rights, says Pregs Govender.
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Parliament pushed to reopen arms-deal debate
The National Assembly’s battered image could be restored if Parliament reopens discussions on the arms deal, an independent panel said on Tuesday.
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Blind women’s bluff
In league with patriarchy: Once a proud fighter for women’s rights, the Women’s League is now reduced to a supporting role.
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Six years on: Mbeki, the Aids dissident
President Thabo Mbeki remains an ”Aids dissident” who has told a biographer that he regrets bowing to pressure from his Cabinet to ”withdraw from the debate” over the disease ravaging South Africa. According to a long-awaited biography by Mark Gevisser, the president feels aggrieved that he was deflected from continuing to question the causes of the epidemic.
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Civil society: Gender and human rights
Aninka Claassens, Helene Combrinck, Zubeda Dangor, Zohra Dawood, Vuyiseka Dubula, Pregs Govender, Fatima Hassan and more …
