Everyone has heard the fashionable view that race is not a valid biological concept but is, instead, a suspect sociological category. The implication is that racial distinctions are a form of superstition, that there is no justification for wanting to preserve races, and that replacement of one group by another represents no genetic loss. More
Mystery fever kills 100
More than 100 people have died because of a fever epidemic in the centre of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, health officials say. Many of the victims are people who have been in contact with the deceased, including medical staff, and who lack equipment to deal with the illness. The latest victim was a
‘The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy’
An upcoming book challenging whether diplomatic and military support for Israel is in the best interests of the United States is set to spark fresh debate on Washington’s role in the Middle East. “The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy,” written by two of the United States’ most influential political science professors, is set to
Dan Roodt antwoord Deon Maas
Rassisme en die ‘gentleman cow’ Klik hier vir ‘n skakel na vandag se By waarin Dan Roodt vir Deon Maas antwoord op sy uitdaging tot ‘n debat oor ras en rassisme. липецк средстводанильченко юрий брониславович прокурор
Merkel is die magtigste vrou
Poolse tydskrifvoorblad
Die Duitse kanselier, Angela Merkel, is vir die tweede agtereenvolgende jaar aangewys as die magtigste vrou ter wêreld deur die Forbes-indeks. China se vise-premier, Wu Yi, het vir ‘n verrassing gesorg deur die Amerikaanse Condoleeza Rice van haar tweede plek te ontneem.
Die Amerikaanse tydskrif Forbes publiseer hierdie jaar die vierde spesiale jaarlikse uitgawe waarin die honderd mees invloedryke vroue op die planeet volgens rangorde aangegee word. Die uitgawe het Donderdag verskyn.
Poolse tydskrifvoorblad
Die Duitse kanselier, Angela Merkel, is vir die tweede agtereenvolgende jaar aangewys as die magtigste vrou ter wêreld deur die Forbes-indeks. China se vise-premier, Wu Yi, het vir ‘n verrassing gesorg deur die Amerikaanse Condoleeza Rice van haar tweede plek te ontneem.
Die Amerikaanse tydskrif Forbes publiseer hierdie jaar die vierde spesiale jaarlikse uitgawe waarin die honderd mees invloedryke vroue op die planeet volgens rangorde aangegee word. Die uitgawe het Donderdag verskyn.
Aapstad 11, Bobbejaanburg 6, Tshwane 0
So lyk die telling tot dusver in die titaniese stryd om ‘n gepaste Afrikaanse weergawe van die naam "Tshwane" te vind. Komaan, Bobbejaanburgers en Tshwanese, opskud en begin stem hieronder regs voordat die Apenaars (As inwoners van Kaapstad Kapenaars is, moet inwoners van Aapstad seker Apenaars wees?) julle die loef afsteek! Onthou ook: op 24
Snow Black, a transformed fairytale
Once upon a time, long, long ago, just as colonialist exploiters and fascist pigs were ruining the rich, idyllic, peaceful society and its advanced technical civilization in their path, a queen was pounding millet while staring at the chickens scratching in the baked earth around her hut.
It was because of her distracted state that she crushed her finger with a careless stroke while pounding the millet, and a drop of blood fell on the earth. As she looked at the blood she said to herself, "Oh, how I wish that I had a daughter that had skin as black as coal, and tightly curled hair, all of which can be sorted out by a little hydroquinone-based skin lightener and hair relaxant." Soon after that, the queen gave birth to a baby girl. Unfortunately she didn’t know who the father was, but at least she could claim a R180 child grant. They named her Princess Snow Black. The queen died soon after giving birth because she was denied proper care by the imperialist oppressors who reserved the best doctors and medical care for themselves. Other members of her tribe were admittedly trained as doctors, but they could not be relied upon not to kill their patients, seeing that they had been admitted to medical school on the basis of a quota system.
Once upon a time, long, long ago, just as colonialist exploiters and fascist pigs were ruining the rich, idyllic, peaceful society and its advanced technical civilization in their path, a queen was pounding millet while staring at the chickens scratching in the baked earth around her hut.
It was because of her distracted state that she crushed her finger with a careless stroke while pounding the millet, and a drop of blood fell on the earth. As she looked at the blood she said to herself, "Oh, how I wish that I had a daughter that had skin as black as coal, and tightly curled hair, all of which can be sorted out by a little hydroquinone-based skin lightener and hair relaxant." Soon after that, the queen gave birth to a baby girl. Unfortunately she didn’t know who the father was, but at least she could claim a R180 child grant. They named her Princess Snow Black. The queen died soon after giving birth because she was denied proper care by the imperialist oppressors who reserved the best doctors and medical care for themselves. Other members of her tribe were admittedly trained as doctors, but they could not be relied upon not to kill their patients, seeing that they had been admitted to medical school on the basis of a quota system.
Alan Paton se nalatenskap
Êrens op die web sirkuleer ‘n brief wat taamlik ongemak veroorsaak. Die brief is reeds 9 jaar gelede geskryf, was vergete, en het nou weer skielik begin sirkuleer. Dit is onderaangeheg vir diegene wat dit nog nie gelees het nie.
Aan die woord is Anne Paton, die weduwee van Alan Paton, wat wêreldwyd bekend is vir sy boek “Cry the Beloved Country”. Alan Paton was die leier van die South African Liberal Party wat eerstens gekwalifiseerde stemreg vir swart mense voorgestaan het, en later deur die Progessiewe Party vervang is. Paton se liberale getuigskrifte is onberispelik. Hy is in Natal gebore, die seun van ‘n staatsamptenaar, is geskool in Maritzburg College en University of Natal, waarna hy as ‘n onderwyser opgelei is. Paton was eers onderwyser by Ixopo High School (vir wit studente), maar word later ‘n onderwyser aan ‘n skool vir swart studente in Pietermaritzburg. In 1928 trou hy met Dorrie Francis Lusted, en sy sterf in 1967. In 1969 trou hy met sy sekretaresse, Anne Hopkins.
Êrens op die web sirkuleer ‘n brief wat taamlik ongemak veroorsaak. Die brief is reeds 9 jaar gelede geskryf, was vergete, en het nou weer skielik begin sirkuleer. Dit is onderaangeheg vir diegene wat dit nog nie gelees het nie.
Aan die woord is Anne Paton, die weduwee van Alan Paton, wat wêreldwyd bekend is vir sy boek “Cry the Beloved Country”. Alan Paton was die leier van die South African Liberal Party wat eerstens gekwalifiseerde stemreg vir swart mense voorgestaan het, en later deur die Progessiewe Party vervang is. Paton se liberale getuigskrifte is onberispelik. Hy is in Natal gebore, die seun van ‘n staatsamptenaar, is geskool in Maritzburg College en University of Natal, waarna hy as ‘n onderwyser opgelei is. Paton was eers onderwyser by Ixopo High School (vir wit studente), maar word later ‘n onderwyser aan ‘n skool vir swart studente in Pietermaritzburg. In 1928 trou hy met Dorrie Francis Lusted, en sy sterf in 1967. In 1969 trou hy met sy sekretaresse, Anne Hopkins.
US threatens to abandon NATO RRF
The United States has drastically scaled down its military engagement in the NATO rapid reaction force and has threatened to abandon the elite troops of the western defense pact, the business daily Handelsblatt quoted NATO circles as saying Monday. The ‘NATO Response Force’ is no longer fully operational, NATO’s commander-in-chief John Craddock warned in his
Zimbabwiese landbouskou
Te koop
"Hier is niks vir ons nie. Nie kunsmis nie, nie saad nie… Dis baie teleurstellend." So praat Mildred Chitada wat suikerriet en mielies verbou en vrees dat landbouers wat die landbouskou in Harare bywoon hierdie week met leë hande huistoe sal gaan.
"Die regering moes ten minste probeer het om kunsmis in die hande te kry vir ons, die nuwe boere. Die nuwe boere moet gehelp word want ons het niks," het sy bygevoeg. Die landbouskou is ‘n skadu van wat dit voorheen was nadat 4000 wit boere van hulle plase verwyder is.
Duisende Zimbabwiese boere het in Harare bymekaar gekom vir die landbouskou wat Vrydag amptelik deur Teodoro Obiang Nguema van Ekwatoriaal-Guinee geopen sal word.
Te koop
"Hier is niks vir ons nie. Nie kunsmis nie, nie saad nie… Dis baie teleurstellend." So praat Mildred Chitada wat suikerriet en mielies verbou en vrees dat landbouers wat die landbouskou in Harare bywoon hierdie week met leë hande huistoe sal gaan.
"Die regering moes ten minste probeer het om kunsmis in die hande te kry vir ons, die nuwe boere. Die nuwe boere moet gehelp word want ons het niks," het sy bygevoeg. Die landbouskou is ‘n skadu van wat dit voorheen was nadat 4000 wit boere van hulle plase verwyder is.
Duisende Zimbabwiese boere het in Harare bymekaar gekom vir die landbouskou wat Vrydag amptelik deur Teodoro Obiang Nguema van Ekwatoriaal-Guinee geopen sal word.