Warning: the following post contains significant spoilers about the movie District 9. Those still interested in seeing this film should consider themselves forewarned.Sci-fi film presents terrifying view of Arms IndustryFilms as deep and uniquely thoughtful as District 9 come along very rarely.District 9 is such a deep film that it's difficult to decide where, precisely, to begin with it. The film, essentially a Harry Turtledove-esque alternate history of South African Apartheid in which an alien spacecraft appeared in the sky over Johannesburg in approximately 1981 -- at the height of the international controversy over Apartheid.The aliens, referred to by the derogatory epithet "prawns", were eventually segregated into a slum outside of the city. The government is now planning to...
Bishop TuTu has been giving Zuma and the ANC a tongue lashing.Tutu curses South Africa's ruling partyReutersNobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu launched a scathing attack on South Africa's ruling African National Congress, reminding its leaders they are not God, in an interview aired before this month's general election.The ANC is still respected for its long fight against white-minority rule, but critics say it has betrayed the struggle since coming to power in 1994.The party is expected to win the election on April 22, but supporters are becoming increasingly disillusioned by corruption scandals."Let me tell this ANC government what I told the Afrikaner ... government: 'You may have power now but you are not God,' " Tutu said in an interview broadcast by South Africa's eTV late on...
Jazz Musicians Nathan Haines, and Hollie Smith spent the day today at the Auckland Zoo raising awareness and funds to support the Cheetah.
Funds will help support Cheetah Outreach in South Africa, which is working to save Africas most endangered big cat from extinction. Funds will support the breeding, rearing and placing onto farms of Anatolian [...]...
The ANC asked Mbeki to leave. it was felt that Mbeki was using the judiciary against Zuma, his nemesis. It is sad that after a giant like Nelson Mandela, the ANC has been judging su8ch small presidents. Mbeki was pretty useless. I don't think Zuma will be any better. This is not good for the crumbling accord in Zimbabwe, where the butcher holds ture to form.ANC to appoint South Africa's acting presidentBy Marius BoschSun Sep 21, 7:27 PM ETJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling ANC will appoint the country's caretaker leader on Monday, after President Thabo Mbeki's ouster by the party deepened the worst political crisis since apartheid ended.A sombre Mbeki, who presided over South Africa's longest period of economic growth, told the nation on Sunday that he had tendered his...
the butcher says the opposition will never replace him as long as he is alive. Perhaps this portends the imminent death of the butcher. Even his south african lap dogs cannot claim that any election held will be fair. the butcher mugabe continued rule shames all of his African neighbours. Its time for his neighbours to oust this embarassment.Robert Mugabe says Opposition will never rule Zimbabwe in his lifetimeBy Robyn Powell and agenciesLast Updated: 12:26AM BST 15/06/2008Robert Mugabe has pledged the Opposition will not govern Zimbabwe while he is alive, as police moved to arrest several senior members of rival party the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).The veteran president said he would go to war to stop an Opposition win at the June 27 run-off election against MDC leader leader...
So ANC president will be tried in August on multiple corruption charges. His commie allies are defending him. There are spme who charge MBeki with rigging these charges. Its hard to know which of these men is worse. The people of South Africa deserve better than either of them.South Africa's Zuma to Stand TrialBy CELEAN JACOBSON – 15 hours agoJOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The newly elected leader of South Africa's ruling party was ordered to stand trial on corruption and other charges next year, raising doubts about whether the party would back his candidacy for the 2009 presidential election.Jacob Zuma will be tried in the High Court in August on charges of racketeering, money laundering, corruption and fraud, his lawyer Michael Hulley said Friday.Zuma, 65, defeated President Thabo...
I have watched with horror while the corrupt Zuma has risen to power in South Africa. This man was tried for rape. The clouds of corruption hang very close to him. His understanding of AIDS seems limited. He has backed butcher mugabe in his land seizures in Zimbabwe. The ANC is officially a marxist organization.It is sad that Zuma and Mbeki are the best the ANC has to offer as leaders. It is time for them to be voted out of office for the good of all South Africans. The Mbeki? Zuma split may be a break for the opposition in South Africa.Mr. Zuma has met businessmen and toured poor villages on a U.S-style campaign trail, staging a remarkable comeback after a rape trial and graft allegations that would have buried most politicians.He was acquitted in the rape trial but evidence, including...
The headlines are ever worsening:Zimbabwe's Silent genocide. And still Mugabe does things to make the situation worse. To fight an inflation rate of 4500%( it is probably really 9000%) , the butcher has ordered a %0% price cut. He has also decided to jail many merchants. The result: empty stores and shortages of just about everything. Even the leftists in academia can no longer stomach the butcher. Edinburgh University has revoked an honourary degree . The first time that has ever happened in the UK apparently @ american unibersities are thinking of following suit. Yet the other African leaders do nothing go halt the horrors of Mugabe. The government of South africa is still supporting their old comrade. The blood of the Zimbabwean people stains the hands of all Mugabe';s...
It is about time we here from som on the left denouncing the monster mugabe:A cry for ZimbabweA moment to end the repression - unless the world retreats into silenceBy Desmond Tutu and Madeleine AlbrightZimbabwe, long plagued by the repressive leadership of President Robert Mugabe, has reached the point of crisis. Leaders of the democratic opposition were arrested and beaten, and one was killed, while attempting to hold a peaceful prayer meeting on March 11. Morgan Tsvangirai, head of the Movement for Democratic Change, emerged from detention with a swollen eye and a fractured skull. Several days later, Nelson Chamisa, the movement's spokesman, was stopped en route to a meeting with European officials and beaten with iron bars. Other activists have been prevented from leaving the country...
One of the reason that the despicable mugabe is still in pwoer is the silence and aid he gets from his fellow marxists at the ANC in South Africa. Even they can't stay silent:South Africa, seen as Zimbabwe's most important neighbour, broke its usual silence on the government in Harare to state its concern."South Africa urges the Zimbabwean government to ensure that the rule of law including respect for rights of all Zimbabweans and opposition leaders is respected," Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad said.'Sadistic attack'As the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader and the other activists were led away from the Harare court to a hospital for treatment, Mr Tsvangirai condemned their treatment by police."It's a horrible assault. A sadistic attack on defenceless people," he said. It...