In 1964, three young civil rights workers were abducted by die-hard white supremacist rednecks in Mississippi and cold-bloodedly murdered. Their crime? Assisting blacks to register…
Posts published by “David Saks”
David Saks has worked for the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) since April 1997, and is currently its associate director. Over the years, he has written extensively on aspects of South African history, Judaism and the Middle East for local and international newspapers and journals.
David has an MA in history from Rhodes University. Prior to joining the SAJBD, he was curator -- history at MuseumAfrica in Johannesburg. He is editor of the journal Jewish Affairs, appears regularly on local radio discussing Jewish and Middle East subjects and is a contributor to various Jewish publications.
I had never been all that enthusiastic about adding Blood River (Ncome) to my tally of battlefield rambles, and certainly never envisaged being there on…
I was struck by a lot of things about Australia on my visit there a couple of years ago. Such as the fact that it…
“A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on” Mark Twain once said. And that was before…
Hylton Solomon remains a patriotic Zimbabwean, despite his experience of being jailed for “over-pricing” spaghetti in his Bulawayo grocery store. He also remains committed to…
In 1996, a South African court formally ended the 33-year-old marriage of Nelson and Winnie Mandela. More than anything else he did, it was President…
The impending World Cup fever brings to mind some of my former triumphs on the soccer field. It was November 2004 and we were in…
In late 1987, South African and UNITA forces clashed with their Cuban and FAPLA counterparts at Cuito Cuinavale in what would be the culminating battle…
The flip side of the adage that new brooms sweep clean is that old ones just can’t do the job right any more. The same…
South Africa’s plummeting image internationally must surely be a cause of concern today. This year things have significantly worsened with such new crises as the…