“On Wednesday the University of Johannesburg hosted ‘Never Again’, a public meeting on the Marikana mining massacre last week. One by one, speakers made clear their disillusionment with the ANC-led government to do anything more than enrich themselves at the expense of the poor. And when Cosatu-affiliated National Union of Mineworkers attempted to give their…
Not very constructive, I know...
We can only hope..... "The ANC is dying, and will lose its parliamentary majority at or before the 2024 national elections, says the head of the unit for risk analysis at the SA Institute of Race Relations."
From Avaaz: Dear friends, Today could be the day we save the free Internet. We’ve flipped the White House and Congress is on the back foot. Now Wikipedia’s blackout has pushed the US web censorship bills to the top of the news. Today we’ve reached the tipping point. Let’s bury the bill for good. Click…
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/ANC-outraged-over-censored-Wiki-page-20111123 “Interfering with information undermines the very need of [information providers],” Khoza said. Yes. Please keep your voters as uninformed as possible.
From Avaaz: Dear friends, In 24 hours, world leaders meet to discuss the global economic crisis, and banks and big corporations are sponsoring the meeting in exchange for an all access pass. This, while ordinary citizens are locked out. Let’s raise a massive petition to Nicolas Sarkozy to kick out the corporations and keep the…
From Avaaz: In four days, MPs could pass an outrageous secrecy bill that undermines the constitution and South Africa’s democracy — helping the government keep wrongdoing from the people and enabling cover-ups of corruption and human rights abuses. But there are four people that could make or break this bill: the Chief Whips. Despite top…
