The not-so-long-ago appointed spin-doctor (or special envoy and Spokesperson) for President Jacob Zuma, Mac Maharaj, has lambasted those who have been critical of the president. That’s a sign that he’s doing his job right: responding to commentators, newspapers and allegations against the president whenever they arise or there is a need. Right? Read the rest of this entry »
Akanyang Merementsi
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Times Live Headlines- Houla killings a "vile testament" to Syria regime May 27, 2012After the savage attacks on women and children in Houla, Syria there has been an international outcry condemning the actions of the Syrian government.
- Women must set aside differences, fight patriarchy: ANCWL May 27, 2012Women of all races and politics must set aside their differences and fight patriarchy, Angie Motshekga, president of the ANC Women's League, said in Johannesburg on Sunday.
- ACDP welcomes Mdluli re-suspension May 27, 2012The African Christian Democratic Party has welcomed the re-suspension of former crime intelligence boss Lt-Gen Richard Mdluli.
- More than 13 000 killed in Syria since uprising: NGO May 27, 2012More than 13 000 people have been killed in Syria since an anti-regime revolt broke out in March 2011, Rami Abdel Rahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told AFP on Sunday.
- Afghan family of eight killed in Nato airstrike: official May 27, 2012Eight members of an Afghan family were killed in a Nato airstrike in the eastern province of Paktia, an Afghan official said Sunday, whilst four soldiers with the Nato-led coalition were killed in roadside bomb attacks.
- Opposition takes early lead in Lesotho polls May 27, 2012The opposition All Basotho Convention took an early lead in Lesotho's fiercely fought general elections, winning the first eight constituencies announced on Sunday.
- Demonstrators march in Hong Kong ahead of Tiananmen anniversary May 27, 2012More than 1 000 demonstrators marched through Hong Kong Sunday calling for democracy in China ahead of the 23rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing on June 4, according to organisers' estimates.
- Unpaid bills may lift lid on Zuma Inc May 27, 2012THE assets of Edward Zuma, son of President Jacob Zuma, are under scrutiny after he failed to pay his wedding bills.
- City Press editor will not remove Zuma portrait from website May 27, 2012City Press editor Ferial Haffajee on Sunday apologised for the hurt caused by the paper's publishing of a portrait of President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed, but refused to remove the image from the paper's website.
- 45 Afghan girls ill after gas attack at school May 27, 2012Some 45 schoolgirls fell ill Sunday when poison gas was released in their school in northern Afghanistan, an official said - the second such attack at the school in a week.
- Why Malindi cried May 27, 2012The raw pain inside black South Africans surfaced to remind us we have laid a path back to human dignity for all, writes Justice Malala
- Drugs and a tortoise found in Johannesburg storage May 27, 2012A joint operation of law enforcement agencies have discovered more than a ton of hashish as well as a 50-year-old tortoise in a storage facility south of Johannesburg, police said on Sunday.
- China ex-official accused of raping over 10 girls May 27, 2012Authorities have detained a former official in a central Chinese city for allegedly raping more than 10 girls.
- Bodies of 10 illegal miners found in Northern Cape May 27, 2012The bodies of 10 illegal miners were recovered from a disused diamond mine near Kleinzee, in the Northern Cape, De Beers said.
- Unemployment 'a ticking time bomb': YCL May 27, 2012Unemployment in South Africa is a ticking time bomb and unemployed South Africans are likely to fight for jobs like the youth in Egypt and Tunisia, said Young Communist League secretary Buti Manamela.
- Mdluli Suspended May 27, 2012Controversial former crime intelligence boss Lt-Gen Richard Mdluli has been suspended from the police, the office of acting national police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi said on Sunday.
- We should defend the right to hold different opinions: Malema May 27, 2012Former ANC Youth League president Julius Malema spoke out against plans to boycott City Press in an open letter published in the weekly on Sunday.
- ANC silencing views of the people: ANCYL May 27, 2012The ANC is trying to silence the views of individuals, says the ANC Youth League.
- Cato Manor forced confessions - claim May 27, 2012RECORDS in the Durban Regional Court have revealed how the controversial Cato Manor Organised Crime Unit allegedly used a fire hose and telephone directory to force an SBV employee to confess to a cash-in-transit heist.
- Give me my gems back, illegal miner tells police May 27, 2012AN illegal miner rescued this week from a collapsed tunnel in the Northern Cape is demanding that police return diamonds he claims he collected when he was trapped.
- Houla killings a "vile testament" to Syria regime May 27, 2012
- Investigative Fund
- An Award-Winning Year May 21, 2012It's journalism awards season again, and Investigative Fund stories have once again garnered some prestigious honors...Onnesha Roychoudhuri
- Deadline for I.F. Stone Award Extended May 9, 2012The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute has extended its deadline for the I.F. Stone Award for emerging journalists — the new deadline is May 25, 2012.Onnesha Roychoudhuri
- Throw a Rock, Be Killed May 7, 2012On June 7, 2010, Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca, age 15, was shot and killed by US Border Patrol agent Jesus Mesa Jr. According to an FBI spokeswoman, "Subjects surrounded the agent..."John Carlos Frey
- The Prospect's Prospects May 4, 2012This Monday, news broke that if the independent, Washington-based American Prospect doesn't raise $500,000 by the end of this month, the mag might have to close its doors...Hannah Murphy
- Sino the Times May 3, 2012China's new English-language world media service has an annual budget nearly 20 times that of the BBC. But can China's billions buy media credibility?Sambuddha Mitra Mustafi, Columbia Journalism Review
- Burma Gold Rush April 27, 2012It's not China. But the thaw in Burma has triggered a wave of investors who see an emerging market where there once was brutal military rule.Joshua Kurlantzick, Prospect Magazine
- Crossing the Line at the Border April 20, 2012 John Carlos Frey, Need to Know
- Death Along the Border April 20, 2012Insufficient training and little public oversight have led to problems, including violence against migrants.John Carlos Frey, Los Angeles Times
- BP's Toxic Legacy April 18, 2012Gulf residents and cleanup workers continue to suffer serious health problems from the 2010 disaster, but the oil giant is not being held to account.Antonia Juhasz, The Nation
- The Prison Problem in Pennsylvania April 18, 2012A DOJ probe into the mental health program at a medium security prison could put solitary confinement on trial.Matt Stroud, The Nation
- Good Riddance to the Tax Refund Loan April 17, 2012 Kai Wright, Reuters
- Gambling on Immigration Detention April 11, 2012One Georgia county bet its financial future on becoming a regional center for immigrant detention. But harsh immigration politics scared off the very workers farmers depend on for the harvest.Hannah Rappleye, Lisa Riordan Seville, The Nation
- Investigating New York April 10, 2012 Hannah Murphy
- Kathy Dobie Named a Finalist for the Michael Kelly Award March 27, 2012The Investigative Fund is pleased to announce that Kathy Dobie's investigation, "Tiny Little Laws," about unprosecuted sexual violence in Indian Country, has been named a finalist for the Michael Kelly Award...Onnesha Roychoudhuri
- Hair Salons Still Putting Workers' Health At Risk with Brazilian Blowout March 19, 2012On March 5, the New York Times reported that Brazilian Blowout, makers of a popular hair straightening service, had agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit for about...Virginia Sole-Smith
- Wolves to the Slaughter March 13, 2012The reintroduction of the gray wolf to the Northern Rockies was an ecological success story — until money and politics got in the way.Christopher Ketcham, The American Prospect
- The Chief of Police Doth Protest Too Much March 12, 2012The chief of police in Escondido, CA, insisted I interview him. Chief Jim Maher had "an immigrant-friendly agenda," he said, and was a friend to Latinos. He had done nothing wrong, and the media and activists were just spreading lies...John Carlos Frey
- Escondido Police Under Fire March 12, 2012The Escondido Police Department is using DUI checkpoints as thinly veiled immigration dragnets.John Carlos Frey, KPBS
- BP vs. Gulf Coast: It's Not Settled Yet March 7, 2012In the wake of the BP oil spill, will a new settlement be enough to heal the damage?Antonia Juhasz, The Nation
- Alabama's Failed Experiment March 1, 2012What happens when outside agitators work with state politicians to pass the nation's most draconian anti-immigrant law yet? The Cotton State learned the hard way.Paul Reyes, Mother Jones
- An Award-Winning Year May 21, 2012
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- American Thinker Headlines
- The Bane in Bain is Really Just a Feign May 27, 2012"There's no point in beating the drum for a sideshow when the clowns have the center ring."
- Who Cares About Wright the Second Time Around? May 27, 2012Tell me again why the New York Times can run stories such as "There Is a Dark Side to Mormonism" on Romney's faith, but we mustn't talk at all about Obama's chosen creed of black liberation theology.
- Catholic Lawsuits and the Establishment Clause May 27, 2012In an establishment clause dispute, there's no need to prove coercion or present empirical evidence of any kind. Speculation will do just fine. Gin up a concealed purpose to endorse religion trampling non-adherents' free exercise rights, and bingo! -- case closed.
- Help for a Liberal: The Invocation May 27, 2012Turns out it's invocations at government commission meetings that are causing all of society's woes! Who knew?
- Whitewashing Religious Law for Youngsters May 27, 2012Misinformation, omissions, and distortions on Islam are pervading literature over the entire spectrum of educational literature.
- The ObamaCare Mandate: Are Catholic Martyrs Not Far Off? May 27, 2012Martyrs come in many forms. We may be seeing just how many very soon.
- If Only the Left Would Abandon Israel May 27, 2012We all believe in the "rights of the oppressed" -- but it's the Jews in Israel who are being oppressed, not the Palestinians.
- The Illogic of Paul Krugman May 27, 2012Paul Krugman's new book End This Depression Now! is not founded on logic. It offers only the siren-song appeal for ignorant people of easy, sweet-coated medicines that contain economic cyanide.
- Gay Marriage: The Hidden Agenda May 27, 2012Don't be fooled by appeals to emotion or sloganeering. The name of the game is deinstitutionalization.
- War or Thaw? May 27, 2012Imagine...the Obama crew wants to defend our nation against environmental threats rather than against the Russians, Chinese, or Iranians.
- Market-Based Justice? May 27, 2012To whom has the Creator prescribed justice? To the rich, or to the poor?
- Will the 1991 Biography Discovery Force Obama to Open the Hood? May 26, 2012Three possibilities follow the bombshell discovery that Barack Obama was promoted in 1991 through 2007 by his professional agency as an author "born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii."
- Happy Days Are Here Again May 26, 2012Media outlets and Democrats might be shocked by a Romney victory in November, but they'll be the only ones.
- Grown-Ups, Take the Wheel May 26, 2012Ever wonder why conversations with adults often leave you feeling like you were arguing with teenagers?
- Never Call Socialism by Its Right Name May 26, 2012Allen West was the latest to get his knuckles rapped for saying there were "about 78 to 81" members of the Democratic Party who are members of the Communist Party.
- Socialism, by Any Other Name, Is Still Socialism May 26, 2012The Washington Post heralded the election of François Hollande in France as the dawn of a new era, and the birth of a new breed of socialism. It is described as "free-market social democracy -- a pragmatic ideology." Sorry. Not even close.
- How and When to Discriminate? May 26, 2012Time for some truth: everyone discriminates. Even liberals.
- Replacing ObamaCare May 26, 2012The unasked question is "why replace it at all?"
- Obamish May 25, 2012It has taken some time and work, but our president has invented a new language.
- Barrett and the Ho-Chunks May 25, 2012If Wisconsin voters think Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, in the running to unseat Scott Walker in Wisconsin's upcoming recall elections, is the kind of guy who fights on behalf of the poor against the rich, they need to wise up.
- The Bane in Bain is Really Just a Feign May 27, 2012
- BizCommunity Headlines
- Another Zuma artwork defaced May 26, 2012
- Trade day proves successful for Essential Hardware May 25, 2012
- eNews responds to GCIS statement May 25, 2012
- Estée Lauder launches Beauty Census 2012 - South Africa May 25, 2012
- Infiniti South Africa appoints Artifact Advertising to launch luxury vehicle brand May 25, 2012
- Vega School of Brand Leadership partners with the Marketing Association of South Africa (MASA) May 25, 2012
- Celebrating South African success stories with Kaelo - Stories of Hope season 7 May 25, 2012
- Drum Beat show offers Johannesburg drinks, food, music May 25, 2012
- What we do... An introduction to integrated employee engagement May 25, 2012
- Lipton 'Cool by the Pool' activation campaign May 25, 2012
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- Koketso Moeti Writes
- Is the Illusion of a ‘Rainbow Nation’ Finally Approaching Its End? May 7, 2012
- Moss Phakoe: We Are Accomplices to Murder! April 17, 2012
- My Take on the Verdwaal Tragedy… February 17, 2012
- Corruption, Murder and Misplaced Priorities in the North-West Province January 30, 2012
- M&G Top stories
- Egypt candidates file appeals May 27, 2012
- Lesotho election results expected by Tuesday May 27, 2012
- Zuma: 'We must strengthen families' May 27, 2012
- Webber claims first win this year at Monaco May 27, 2012
- ANCWL calls for action against 'elephant of patriarchy' May 27, 2012
- Skizo qualifies for Olympic Games May 27, 2012
- Cheetahs pleased with Super Rugby win May 27, 2012
- City Press editor: 'I don't respond to threats' May 27, 2012
- Mali rebels unite, found state of 'Azawad' May 27, 2012
- Seven Afghan family members killed in Nato airstrike May 27, 2012
- Mkhwanazi suspends Mdluli May 27, 2012
- Egypt's two candidates try to broaden support May 27, 2012
- Youth league says ANC guilty of 'intimidation tactics' May 27, 2012
- BBC presenter arrested in Zimbabwe May 27, 2012
- Massacre of the children as Syrian forces hit rebels May 27, 2012
- Tom Dispatch
- Tomgram: Engelhardt, The Road to Amnesia May 24, 2012It’s the saddest reading around: the little announcements that dribble out of the Pentagon every day or two -- those terse, relatively uninformative Pentagon death notices...Tom Engelhardt
- Tomgram: Hellman and Kramer, How Much Does Washington Spend on "Defense"? May 22, 2012Here, then, is a simple question that, for some curious reason, no one bothers to ask, no less answer: How much are we spending on national security these days?Chris Hellman, Mattea Kramer
- Tomgram: Ellen Cantarow, The New Eco-Devastation in Rural America May 20, 2012If the world can be seen in a grain of sand, watch out...Ellen Cantarow
- Tomgram: Barbara Ehrenreich, Looting the Lives of the Poor May 17, 2012Individually the poor are not too tempting to thieves, for obvious reasons.Barbara Ehrenreich
- Tomgram: William Astore, Hail to the Cheerleader-in-Chief! May 15, 2012But whether President Obama gets his second term or Romney enters the Oval Office, there’s a third candidate no one’s paying much attention to, and that candidate is guaranteed to be the one clear winner of election 2012: the U.S. military and our ever-surging national security state...William Astore
- Tomgram: Engelhardt, Predator Nation May 13, 2012 Tom Engelhardt
- Tomgram: Michael Klare, Oil Wars on the Horizon May 10, 2012Conflict and intrigue over valuable energy supplies have been features of the international landscape for a long time...Michael Klare
- Tomgram: Noam Chomsky, A Rebellious World or a New Dark Age? May 8, 2012If the bonds and associations the Occupy movement has established can be sustained through a long, dark period ahead -- because victory won’t come quickly -- it could prove a significant moment in American history...Noam Chomsky
- Tomgram: Ernest Callenbach, Last Words to an America in Decline May 6, 2012As I survey my life, which is coming near its end, I want to set down a few thoughts that might be useful to those coming after...Ernest Callenbach
- Tomgram: Bill McKibben, The Most Important Story of Our Lives May 3, 2012The Williams River was so languid and lovely last Saturday morning that it was almost impossible to imagine the violence with which it must have been running on August 28, 2011...Bill McKibben
- Tomgram: Rebecca Solnit, American Dystopia, Fiction or Reality? May 1, 2012We now live in a world that is wilder than a lot of science fiction from my youth...Rebecca Solnit
- Tomgram: Engelhardt, A Global-Profiling President April 29, 2012 Tom Engelhardt
- Tomgram: Pepe Escobar, A Full Spectrum Confrontation World? April 26, 2012 Pepe Escobar
- Tomgram: Nick Turse, Memory Failure at the Pentagon April 24, 2012Here’s the “lede” that should have run in every newspaper in America: More than 40 years after the Vietnam War’s Tet Offensive, after more than a decade of war in Afghanistan, even after reviving counterinsurgency doctrine (only to see it crash-and-burn in short order), the U.S. military still doesn’t get it... […]Nick Turse
- Tomgram: Lewis Lapham, Machine-Made News April 22, 2012Why does it come to pass that the more data we collect -- from Google, YouTube, and Facebook -- the less likely we are to know what it means?Lewis Lapham
- Tomgram: Fraser and Freeman, Creating a Prison-Corporate Complex April 19, 2012Sweatshop labor is back with a vengeance...Steve Fraser, Joshua Freeman
- Tomgram: Dilip Hiro, How to Trump a Superpower April 17, 2012The following ingredients should go a long way to produce a political thriller...Dilip Hiro
- Tomgram: Chase Madar, Legal Atrocities April 15, 2012Anyone who would like to witness a vivid example of modern warfare that adheres to the laws of war -- that corpus of regulations developed painstakingly over centuries by jurists, humanitarians, and soldiers, a body of rules that is now an essential, institutionalized part of the U.S. armed forces and indeed all modern militaries -- should simply click here […]Chase Madar
- Tomgram: Juan Cole, The Iran Conundrum April 12, 2012It’s a policy fierce enough to cause great suffering among Iranians -- and possibly in the long run among Americans, too...Juan Cole
- Tomgram: Engelhardt, The Smog of War April 10, 2012Take off your hat. Taps is playing. Almost four decades late, the Vietnam War and its post-war spawn, the Vietnam Syndrome, are finally heading for their American grave...Tom Engelhardt
- Tomgram: Engelhardt, The Road to Amnesia May 24, 2012
