Trying to understand the various attacks that have taken place on innocent people in the past month One cannot help but wonder whether there is some form of mania behind… Continue reading Attacks on Nice and Munich What Next?
Satyagraha
Prejudice and Violence
I grew up on a farm. We had no electricity and very little money to be able to buy a fridge so we could not keep vegetables in the house… Continue reading Prejudice and Violence
Women’s Day 60 Years Hence
On 9 August, 1956 South Africa saw the staging of a huge peaceful march to the Union Buildings in Pretoria by 20 000 women in opposition to the extension of the… Continue reading Women’s Day 60 Years Hence
Mandela Day Service
This is what Abram Louis Fischer popularly known as Bram Fisher who represented Nelson Mandela and others at the Rivonia Trial and passed on in May 1975, said at his… Continue reading Mandela Day Service
Atrocities in the Middle East
The recent attacks on innocent people in major cities of the Middle East countries has once again raised the notion of religious differences being at the root of brutality. … Continue reading Atrocities in the Middle East
How Important is Might?
My mother used to tell us a story of a lion and a mouse. The lion is big and strong and the mouse is small and soft. One day the… Continue reading How Important is Might?
Democracy and Elections
The dictionary meaning of democracy is the belief in freedom and equality between people, or a system of government based on this belief, in which power is either held by… Continue reading Democracy and Elections
Youth Day
South Africa’s Youth Day On 16 June 1976, 40 years ago youth mobilized and demonstrated, initially in Soweto but it spread through out the country. Youth boycotted apartheid education and… Continue reading Youth Day
Clear Thinking
Are YOU Living from Inside OUT or Outside IN? Mike George takes a deeper look at the mistakes we learn to make about how life works. Are you an outside inner or… Continue reading Clear Thinking
Government to launch the “Worlds Biggest” HIV and AIDS Treatment Campaign.
Government to launch the “Worlds Biggest” HIV and AIDS Treatment Campaign. The National Department of Health has announced it will be implementing “the worlds biggest” HIV and AIDS Treatment Campaign… Continue reading Government to launch the “Worlds Biggest” HIV and AIDS Treatment Campaign.