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Sisonke Msimang

Op-Ed

Limpho Hani, Clive Derby-Lewis and the power of refusing to forgive

Daily Maverick

June 11, 2014

Limpho Hani is often visibly angry about the assassination of her husband. Twenty-one years later, she refuses to forgive or forget. In fact, she bristles with rage when the subject of her husband comes up. The loss of her husband, the father of her children, is not something she is prepared to approach gently. She …

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Op-Ed

When the new repeats the old: Marikana haunts new Zuma Cabinet

Daily Maverick

May 28, 2014

With the announcement of his new Cabinet this past week, President Zuma has reaffirmed this government’s commitment to turning its back on the thirty-four miners who were shot down in Marikana in 2012. He has also sent an unequivocal message: the government will play no role in ending the crippling political impasse in the platinum …

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Op-Ed

How Race Factors Into the Pistorius and Kutumela Murder Trials in South Africa

Huffington Post

May 14, 2014

For South Africans, the Oscar Pistorius trial, which resumed this week, is serving as a national referendum on race. The killing of a beautiful woman at the hands of one of the country’s most famous sons has made for compelling television. Away from the cameras in the courtroom next door, however, the family of Zanele …

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Op-Ed

Why I won’t be voting for Mandela’s party in South Africa this time

Christian Science Monitor

May 7, 2014

After the African National Congress was un-banned, my family returned to South Africa after years of exile. In 1994, I voted proudly for the ANC in the first democratic elections. While I will forever love the movement that freed us, I recognize that it, too, needs its powers checked. JOHANNESBURG — On April 26, 1994 …

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In the public interest? Covering SMSes, sobs and shootings

The Daily Maverick

April 8, 2014

It may be interesting to the public that a celebrity shot his beautiful girlfriend in the early hours of Valentine’s Day, but that doesn’t make the broadcasting of that story inherently in the public interest. Deliberating about whether or not the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius should be broadcast or not, Judge Dunstan Mlambo noted …

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