It has always been difficult to understand why our local government structures have performed so poorly over the past decade. Sure, re-building a country on the micro-level is no easy task, but the rate at which things happen and the attitude with which local municipal councillors have approached improving their designated wards has left much […]
Azad Essa
Azad Essa is a journalist at Al Jazeera.
He is also the author of a book called "Zuma's Bastard" (Two Dogs Books, October 2010)
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Accidental Academic won best political blog at the South African Blog awards 2009 and is a finalist for 2010.
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We are struggling to understand
We are the middle children of history, He said Ours is that dislocation between spirit and identity faith and question integrity and fascination We are the middle children of history, He said Ours is the time of romantic Solar powered watches Paperless documents Controlled births Political hungers And negotiated hate, for We are the middle […]
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No wonder Zuma is silent
Julius Malema’s ‘kill for Zuma’ comments managed to turn yawns into wide-mouthed dismay for even the most jaded amongst us. With Mugabe terrorizing his own and the attacks on foreign African nationals (aka xenophobic attacks) still fresh in our minds, the comments seemed rather callous to say the least. The book (not the Bible, rather […]
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What does Mugabe want from God?
Mugabe’s assertion that only God could remove him is cause for celebration. The despot has effectively pointed out his own fallibility and has paved the way for the Zimbabwean people, SADC and Zapiro to finally dethrone him. Now we just need to find God. According to academics, diplomats and Ahmadi, the Palestinian shephard, there are […]
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Normalising xenophobia
The barbaric violence, including the intimidation and killings that silenced the ho hum of the rainbow nation for the past three weeks, has finally subsided. Ordinary South Africans, after witnessing the bloodshed sprayed all over their newspapers and television screens, appear to have returned to the daily drama of their own lives. Of course, the […]