Apartheid

Movie Review: Invictus an Unexpected Mandela Tale

Marshall Fine | Posted 12.10.2009 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

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.

Invictus Translation: Obama Needs Rugby

Pamela Ezell | Posted 11.27.2009 | Entertainment


Pamela Ezell

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.

UN's Goldstone Sent 13-Year-Old Boy to Prison for Protesting Apartheid

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 11.19.2009 | World


Ashley Rindsberg

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.

Celebrating Berlin While Enabling Israel's Apartheid Wall

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 11.11.2009 | World


Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

The 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall highlights both the inherent thirst for freedom and proclivity to hypocrisy ingrained in the human condition.

Marriage Equality and the Myth of "Gay Apartheid"

David Kaufman | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


David Kaufman

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.

Back and Forth on the Nobel Peace Prize

Michael Jones | Posted 10.12.2009 | Chicago


Michael Jones

"Jimmy Carter and Al Gore, and now President Obama, got their awards for political reasons ... mostly a Scandinavian attempt to embarrass George Bush."

This Film is an Idiot's Version of Naomi Klein's Masterpiece

Johann Hari | Posted 10.22.2009 | World


Johann Hari

Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine is one of the most important political books of the past decade. But Michael Winterbottom's "adaptation" for film is garbled and mumbled to the point of meaninglessness.

South African white man granted refugee status

AP | ROB GILLIES | Posted 10.17.2009 | World


TORONTO — A white man from South Africa has been given refugee status in Canada after claiming persecution, his lawyer said, angering many in hi...

The Real District 9: Cape Town's District Six

newsweek.com | Posted 10.17.2009 | World


Science fiction has always provided the best metaphors for isolation and anomie, and District 9--the two-week-old box-office hit from South African di...

The Remarkable Barney Simon

Michael Kaiser | Posted 10.16.2009 | World


Michael Kaiser

Barney Simon was the founder and artistic director of the Market Theatre in Johannesburg, where for several decades, he produced and directed many of the most important works of indigenous South African theater.

Ted Kennedy's Life is Living Proof of Liberal Ideal that Government Can Help Make People's Lives Better

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics


Miles Mogulescu

It's not primarily Senator Kennedy's words that make him one of the great defenders of modern liberalism. His life itself is living proof of the central liberal idea that government can help make people's lives better.

This Will be a Difficult Seat to Fill

Byron Williams | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics


Byron Williams

For the first time since 1952, it is possible someone whose last name is other than Kennedy will hold that Senate seat from Massachusetts.

Looking For District 9

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 09.22.2009 | Entertainment


Jackie K. Cooper

District 9 is one of those movies that comes to the screen out of the blue with no name actors and no real appeal except in this case it is produced by Peter Jackson.

ReThink Review: District 9 -- Earthlings Aren't Easy

Jonathan Kim | Posted 12.01.2009 | Entertainment


Jonathan Kim

My ReThink Review of Neill Blomkamp's excellent film, District 9, and why its creativity and social/political commentary make it a modern classic.

Two States or Apartheid?

John Dugard | Posted 09.12.2009 | World


John Dugard

Many people who were outspoken advocates of ending apartheid in South Africa have taken to the sidelines in the Israel/Palestine dispute lest they be called anti-Jewish, anti-Semitic, or self-hating Jews.

Movie Review: District 9

Marshall Fine | Posted 09.10.2009 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

The "wow" factor in Neill Blomkamp's District 9 is huge -- so much so that it would be easy to overlook what a soulful, tragically heroic story it is.

Athol Fugard: Art Battling Apartheid and Aids

Brad Schreiber | Posted 08.31.2009 | World


Brad Schreiber

Fugard's indignation at the wrongs of the world is tempered with a humility and graciousness that is truly striking.

Elections in South Africa

Laura J. Mitchell | Posted 05.22.2009 | World


Laura J. Mitchell

Too much is at stake for South Africans ­indeed for the rest of the continent ­to blithely dismiss "forces of darkness" in this current election.

Will Jacob Zuma's South Africa Be Democracy's Shame?

Andrew Belonsky | Posted 05.17.2009 | World


Andrew Belonsky

Jacob Zuma's commitment to communism, apparent disdain for free press and alleged meddling in the justice system are enough to raise the hairs on anyone who believes in open, transparent liberal democracy.

Why We Approach the Durban II 'Anti-Racism' Conference with Trepidation

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 05.08.2009 | World


Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Despite cosmetic changes to the Durban conference, there is every reason to believe we are in for yet another hate fest. Let's hope that this farce will not generate new tragedies.

Dalai Lama Banned From Attending South Africa Peace Conference

Mallika Chopra | Posted 05.03.2009 | World


Mallika Chopra

Why would a country that freed itself from an apartheid government deny entry to a spiritual leader who speaks on behalf of 5.4 million Tibetans being oppressed by the Chinese government?

Mandela Emerges From Retirement To Support Zuma For President

The Independent | Daniel Howden | Posted 03.19.2009 | World


Facing its first real challenge since the end of apartheid, the African National Congress (ANC) has turned to the man who many wish was still leading ...

HuffPost Video Premiere: Playing For Change Presents "Don't Worry"

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.19.2009 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

Featuring over twenty musicians from four continents who have never met, "Don't Worry" makes its auspicious debut today, on Martin Luther King Day, and is featured here.

The Loss of a Hero: Apartheid Critic Helen Suzman Dies at 91

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 02.05.2009 | World


Madeleine M. Kunin

Helen was a role model for me not so much because I was like her, but because I wanted to become more like her; to understand the source of her extraordinary courage.

The Historic Sweep of Soweto

Mona Gable | Posted 01.19.2009 | World


Mona Gable

It's day six, or at least I think it is, of our American bloggers tour in South Africa. We just drove past Archbishop Desmond Tutu's house, the gentle Anglican cleric who preached against apartheid.