I never gave a damn about rugby. But that didn't stop me from begging my dad to find last minute tickets to the 1995 Rugby World Cup finals where the underdog hosts, the South African Sprinkboks, were playing the New Zealand All-Blacks.
Too many observers, in my view, are judging the Copenhagen Accord by the wrong yardsticks.
Last month, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton publicly voiced her support and threw the weight of her office behind a Hague parental kidnapping case of a boy kidnapped by his mother four years ago.
Most of us know little to nothing about the sport of rugby, but that is not an impediment to enjoying this film. If you can appreciate Mandela's dream of unity, you will enjoy this film.
I met UNICEF's executive director Ann M. Veneman recently at Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden's World Childhood Foundation luncheon at the United Na...
As we enter this holiday season, Jews around the world will celebrate Hanukah. The Jewish community is a diverse one, a multicultural and multiracial assemblage, by no means monolithic, representing millions of people throughout the world.
The film is about a chapter of sports and international political history that few outside of South Africa would be aware of. In most ways, it's a standard underdog tale, but this one comes with a difference.
Posted by: Sarah Hager, December 3, 2009 at 2:33 AM "Last week during World AIDS Day, South Africa was in the news quite a bit. The executive directo...
Skin whitening is a world-wide phenomenon that is becoming ever more popular as people in developing nations become more flush with cash.
On November 29, 1983, a New York Times article written by Lawrence K. Altman ran with the headline “AIDS Now Seen As Worldwide Health Problem.&r...
While HIV originally affected men in the 1980s, the lack of prevention efforts for women has resulted in a startling development: there are now more women than men living with HIV/AIDS.
Quick action is needed to reduce the human cost of broken promises. Additional investment is urgently needed in public health services, in developing countries, and in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS
"Haven't you," said a man who had just taken my heart and snapped it in two, "ever heard of forgiveness?" I was so shocked, I couldn't speak. What I w...
I wonder why there hasn't been more in the popular culture linking the two leaders -- Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela -- and their transcendent personal histories.
The world loved the Rainbow Nation success story and chose, along with many South Africans, to ignore that reconciliation can easily be used to justify impunity.
Generation Y's thirst is to create something lasting that works -- sustainable projects that will continue to affect the lives of those in rural communities for years to come.
Prior to his work for the international court, Goldstone cut his judicial teeth on the bench of South Africa's Supreme Court under the apartheid regime.
A South African runner whose gender identity stirred up huge controversy will be permitted to keep her title and prize money. But how do we define what is too male to compete in a women's sport?
Emmy Award-winning actress, Leigh Taylor-Young, and I will present "Gathering of the Spirit of Peace in All" at the Parliament of the World's Religion...
A South Africa that is inspired by Mandela will be no different from a South Africa with a living Mandela.
As disappointing as the Maine defeat was, the real disappointment actually resulted from the shrill reactionary tactics employed by many within the Marriage Equality movement.
