Showing posts with label South Africa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label South Africa. Show all posts
Friday, February 3, 2023

Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red

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At Amazon, Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives .
Saturday, November 27, 2021

Boris Johnson Announces New Travel Restrictions (VIDEO)

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Following-up, " New South Africa Covid Strain Omicron Sends Shockwaves Across the Globe ." And at the BBC , " LIVE: Travel an...
Friday, November 26, 2021

New South Africa Covid Strain Omicron Sends Shockwaves Across the Globe

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There's a lot of hype, but Dr. Peter Hotez, at the video, says he's not panicked, as he's not seen anything as infectious as the...
Monday, September 6, 2021

Indian vs. Black: Vigilante Killings Upend South African Town

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Ugly down there.  Just nasty. At the New York Times , " As rioting and looting swept the country this summer, Indians in the suburb of ...
Monday, July 26, 2021

Why Violence in South Africa?

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Following-up, " South Africa Violence (VIDEO) ." A damned astonishing situation down there.  At the Guardian U.K.:
Saturday, July 17, 2021

South Africa Violence (VIDEO)

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At least 100 dead and 25,000 troops deployed. Needless to say, it's not going too well down there. At the Guardian U.K. , " South A...
Thursday, July 15, 2021

Looting and Rioting Break Out in South Africa (VIDEO)

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At the Los Angeles Times , " Death toll rises to 72 in South Africa rioting after jailing of ex-president ": More than half of Sou...
Monday, April 16, 2018

Since Apartheid Ended, A.N.C. Leaders Have Siphoned Off Tens of Billions of Dollars

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Corruption. And pogroms against white Afrikaners. That's the reality in South Africa today. At NYT: In the generation since aparthe...
Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Martin Meredith, Diamonds, Gold, and War

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At Amazon, Martin Meredith, Diamonds, Gold, and War: The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa .
Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Katie Hopkins in South Africa (VIDEO)

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At the Rebel: ADDED : " SHOCK: Katie Hopkins detained at South Africa airport ," and " Katie Hopkins in South Africa: I...
Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Wilbur Smith, A Falcon Flies

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*BUMPED.* Wilbur Smith is really good! At Amazon, Wilbur Smith, A Falcon Flies: A Spectacular Epic of a Wild Continent and the Few Who D...
Saturday, December 23, 2017

Wilbur Smith, Men of Men

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I gotta say Wilbur Smith's books are irresistible, man. At Amazon, Wilbur Smith, Men of Men (The Ballantyne Novels) .

We Need to Talk About Jacob Zuma

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Speaking of South Africa, here's a great piece at Johannesburg's Mail and Guardian, " After 10 years at the helm of the ANC— We...

Martin Meredith, Diamonds, Gold, and War

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I'm on a sort of Africa jag right now. It's been off and on, but since teaching South Africa in my comparative politics class this f...
Friday, December 8, 2017

Economic Freedom Fighters

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Katie Hopkins was tweeting about her supposed upcoming visit to South Africa yesterday, but those tweets have been taken down. Here's a ...
Tuesday, December 5, 2017

End of Apartheid in South Africa?

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This is depressing. At NYT, " End of Apartheid in South Africa? Not in Economic Terms ": End of Apartheid in South Africa? Not ...
Monday, August 7, 2017

Protecting Rhinos in South Africa

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This is genuinely sad. This piece wants to turn you into a nature-protector-enviro-radical, at LAT, " Armed only with her grandmother...
Monday, July 31, 2017

Martin Meredith, Diamonds, Gold, and War

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*BUMPED.* At Amazon, Martin Meredith, Diamonds, Gold, and War: The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa .
Thursday, July 27, 2017

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Monday, May 22, 2017

Big Game Hunter Crushed to Death by Falling Elephant in Zimbabwe

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The elephant was wounded. Once shot, it had apparently grabbed the hunter by its trunk, then falling dead, crushed the guy under its weight....