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Posted inEquality, General

Decolonising African prisons: An introduction to neocolonialism

by Casper Lӧtter 19 October 202020 October 2020

The idea of incarcerating people into exiled spaces designed for ‘discipline’ in European society, is the antithesis to ubuntu … but it served the scramble for Africa and Asia well

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A promising PhD-student’s take on the so-called ‘Zupta’- phenomenon

Bert Olivier by Bert Olivier 14 November 2016

What follows here is a piece by one of my and Prof. Pieter Duvenage’s graduate students, Casper Lötter, who is a PhD-candidate in Social Philosophy at the University of the Free State – it first appeared in the Weekend Post on 5 November: ‘In a recent and valuable contribution, Raymond Suttner asks, “What is the […]

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Fighting TB with prisoners’ rights

Southern Africa Litigation Centre by Southern Africa Litigation Centre 24 March 2015

By Annabel Raw Today is World Tuberculosis Day, commemorating the discovery of the cause of the disease in 1882. Tuberculosis (TB) is an ancient disease with traces in human remains being recorded since antiquity. Despite advances in public health and treatment, today TB continues to claim over one and a half million lives every year, […]

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