Select a news topic from the list below, then select a news article to read.... Sat, 19 May 2012 08:36:35 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.afropolitan.co.za/the-community/afropolitan-special-events.html News Tue, 15 May 2012 13:26:00 +0100 http://www.afropolitan.co.za/the-community/magazine-archive/382-a-few-words-from-brendah.html A day of hope and optimism for a bright future for all on the continent under the leadership of what seemed like a band of visionaries and nationalists. 49 years later the reality is vastly different. Many people of the African continent have nothing to celebrate. Famine, poverty, corruption and lack of democracy are the order of the day in many countries, with citizens feeling hard done by at the hands of those they entrusted with their vote.In this issue of the Afropolitan we look at what went ... News Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:05:18 +0100 http://www.afropolitan.co.za/component/content/article/69-events/362-bisquit-cognac-evening-vip-registration-4-april-2012.html News Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:56:21 +0100 http://www.afropolitan.co.za/component/content/article/77-competitions/357-win-with-afropolitan-issue-26-giveaways.html News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:50:00 +0100 http://www.afropolitan.co.za/the-community/magazine-archive/343-the-afropolitan-magazine-issue-26.html HIV specialist Dr Sindi van Zyl takes a look at some of the blind spots and myths that people have when dealing with HIV/AIDS and those living with the pandemic. We break down the facts regarding the crime of sex and human trafficking and also look at the fight to combat this repulsive activity. Top TV has been in the news as South Africans reacted to the channel’s plans to introduce pornography, and our Undercover Geek sheds some light on the business of porn. For a lighter look we explo... News Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:54:16 +0100 http://www.afropolitan.co.za/the-community/magazine-archive/330-the-afropolitan-magazine-issue-24.html News Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:41:08 +0100 http://www.afropolitan.co.za/the-community/magazine-archive/329-the-afropolitan-magazine-issue-23.html "I will not stop speaking truth to power and not stop operating under the auspices of truth and impartiality," she told a press briefing. This saga reminded me of another brave, courageous and principled woman who was prepared to stand up to authority because she felt she was fighting for a just cause. Former Deputy Minister of Health, Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, was sacked on the eve of National Women’s Day by President Mbeki following a long-running discord with her principal, the late Manto T... News Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:53:17 +0100 http://www.afropolitan.co.za/the-community/magazine-archive/328-the-afropolitan-magazine-issue-22.html The war of attrition between the Jews and the Palestinians in the Middle East is a classic example of violence breeding more violence – a region where young men are initiated into the deadly brotherhood of suicide bombers and brainwashed into believing that the solution to getting even with their “infidel” enemies is to fly into the latter’s tall buildings in suicide missions.The evil twin of such religious zealousness is racial hatred. The year of my birth – 1968 – witnessed the assa... News Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:33:40 +0100 http://www.afropolitan.co.za/the-community/magazine-archive/327-the-afropolitan-magazine-issue-21.html Nyerere championed the viability of indigenous systems and pioneered ujamaa, a brand of African socialism. An erudite intellectual, the man known affectionately as Mwalimu (which means teacher) was also one of the first exemplary post-independence leaders to voluntarily step down from office. On the other hand, Nkrumah was forced out of office after eight years in power by members of the army and police who were “acting in co-operation with neo-colonialists and seized power while I was away on ... News Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:11:25 +0100 http://www.afropolitan.co.za/the-community/magazine-archive/326-the-afropolitan-magazine-issue-20.html In this regard leaders in countries such as Kenya and Zimbabwe have set a bad precedent by refusing to respect the outcomes of the democratic ballot process; they’re holding the entire populace at ransom to cling to power at all cost, including the cost to human lives. On the flipside, groundbreaking political developments in Sudan should hopefully serve as a beacon of hope for the continent’s largest country. The historic referendum in that country is an exercise of the will of the people, a... News Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:43:06 +0100 http://www.afropolitan.co.za/the-community/competitions.html News Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:50:46 +0100 http://www.afropolitan.co.za/component/content/article/69-events/292-contact-media-rides-high-on-pica-win-18-november-2011.html News Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:21:47 +0100 http://www.afropolitan.co.za/component/content/article/69-events/291-the-afropolitan-fashion-show-2011-all-access-video-clip.html News Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:51:26 +0100 http://www.afropolitan.co.za/features-a-columns/dr-magaugau/225-women-outspoken-activists-or-passive-spectators-of-their-oppression.html   Despite the fact that the Youth League president’s speech clearly constituted harassment, hate speech and discrimination, there was no outcry or outrage from women’s organisations. Ironically, it took a man, Mbuyiselo Botha, to take up the cudgels on behalf of women. Under the auspices of a men’s organisation, the Sonke Gender Justice Network, Botha took the offending party to the Equality Court and won. It was baffling that during Malema’s court appearances, there was a sizeable num... News Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:36:50 +0100 http://www.afropolitan.co.za/component/content/article/69-events/189-music-profile-cape-town-international-jazz-festival-2011.html When I arrive at the venue, the queue to get in is halfway around the block. You can hear the all-round hum of excitement that everyone is feeling. No-one is agitated about waiting in a line so long you can’t see where it ends – everybody is just thrilled to be here. The overall setup of the festival is first class, with every area distinctly marked with appropriate signage and programme information. Stages are set up with screens, lighting and nothing but the best sound equipment. Bars are a... News Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:37:46 +0100 http://www.afropolitan.co.za/features-a-columns/dr-magaugau/186-thomas-sankara-a-selfless-and-incorruptible-leader-with-a-proud-legacy.html This despite the fact that last year there was a public outcry against such excesses. The ministerial handbook – “a guideline for benefits and privileges, to which Members and their families are entitled, in the execution of their duties” – lists a substantial number of extravagant travel benefits, those pertaining to motor transport and air travel being most prominent.Sankara would have been shocked by such unnecessary privileges of office bearers in a country where poor people are faced... News Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:58:38 +0100 http://www.afropolitan.co.za/features-a-columns/dr-magaugau/161-from-table-bay-to-sharpeville-the-spirit-of-robert-sobukwe.html In the intervening decades and centuries, this colonist-colonised encounter witnessed epochal moments in the country’s history – notably slavery in the Cape; the 100-Year Frontier Wars between the British settlers and the Xhosa kingdoms; the Great Trek and the Anglo-Zulu Wars which saw the first defeat of the British forces on foreign soil at Isandlwana in the hands of the Zulu armies and culminated in the equally heroic but ill-fated Bambatha Rebellion of 1906. These key historic events as w... News Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:36:52 +0100 http://www.afropolitan.co.za/features-a-columns/dr-magaugau/139-dr-magaugaus-corner-lest-we-forget.html Lumumba, a staunch pan-Africanist who looked to Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah and Julius Nyerere of Tanzania for political inspiration, was murdered simply because he refused to compromise on his demands for genuine independence. While the post-colonial imperialist forces were only interested in a puppet government that would allow them to continue their exploitation of the DRC’s rich mineral resources, Lumumba insisted on national sovereignty. A former postal clerk and a travelling beer salesman, Pa... 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