Last Modified: 11 Jun 2011 17:44 South Africans mourned the loss of a woman celebrated for her role in the fight against apartheid, and for her nurturing of a new generation of leaders. Crowds singing hymns and songs from the anti-apartheid era gathered hours before Albertina Sisulu’s funeral on Saturday, eventually filling about a quarter [...]
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Watch more free documentaries The number of white traditional healers, or Sangomas, is on the rise in Azania (South Africa). During Apartheid, the practice was made illegal. But now it’s big business, and some are unhappy that white South Africans are now practicing traditional healing. Al Jazeera’s Rosie Garthwaite reports from Johannesburg. Al-Jazeera UPDATED ON: Thursday, August 26, 2010 19:25 Mecca time, 16:25 GMT South African civil servants are marching across the country over a wage dispute, with more than one million people expected to participate in strikes. Labour unions planned the action on Thursday as part of continued pressure on the government to agree to improved [...] Legislation has good intentions, but ignores SA’s leading storytellers, writes Nothando Migogo Hlatshwayo Apr 18, 2010 12:00 AM | By Nothando Migogo Hlatshwayo Before the month is out, a new law is likely to be passed that will forever change the face of traditional storytelling as popularised by such figures as Gcina Mhlophe and Credo [...] Exiled in South Africa, Arisitide Says He Wants to Return to Haiti to “Help Rebuild the Country, Moving from Misery to Poverty with Dignity” Democracy Now January 15, 2010 Ousted Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide spoke out yesterday from exile in South Africa. “We feel deeply and profoundly that we should be there, in Haiti, [...] |
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