Linked by Wikipedia baby
Trawling through Wikipedia for links on the history of service delivery protests in South Africa, I was well chuffed to find my column on service delivery protests as an expression of the discontent of the poor linked under “Further Reading” on the “Protest in South Africa” page on the vaunted, free encyclopaedia. And I’m in the company of the likes of Jane Duncan, Richard Pitihouse and Steven Friedman too! I’ll take that.
Read MoreQuizzed about the Muslim Marriage Bill by Islam Online
The new-look, back-from-the-dead, Qatari-owned Islam Online asked me about the roots of opposition to the proposed Muslim Marriage Bill in South Africa.
Read MoreFollow me on Twitter- Bobby Godsell says so
Bobby Godsell, he, of Eskom, AngloGold Ashanti and the National Planning Commission, addressed a UCT student leaders’ dinner on March 5 and among his observations on the Arab Spring, where he made clear that, “If 1994 marked the end of decolonisation in Africa, then January 25 2011 marks the beginning of postcolonial politics.” He also had this to say: Go onto twitter: follow #25th January, or #6th April, follow the South African woman journalist Khadija Patel, or others. Follow the debate under way about the content of the new constitution under construction in Egypt. It...
Read MoreOn Zapiro’s Draw Muhammed Day cartoon in The Argus
When all hell broke loose after the Mail and Guardian published a cartoon from Zapiro depicting the Prophet Muhammad, The Argus in Cape Town, quoted my blog post in their report of the response to the cartoon. Read it here.
Read MoreOn Obama’s Cairo speech in the Mail and Guardian
After Barack Obama’s historic address to ‘the Muslim world’, the Mail and Guardian contacted me for comment from a South African Muslim perspective. Read it here.
Read MoreIn which I am a Twitter hatchling
The affable Zahira Kharsany, whose nagging is the reason I opened myself a Twitter account nominated me to Snowgoose’s Twitter Hatchling series. It’s the most fun I’ve ever had answering personal questions. To read the interview, click here.
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