Archive for the 'South Africa' Category

New on Z Word: Podcast on “The Kasrils Affair”

Have a listen to our latest podcast, in which I interview author Joel Pollak about his new book The Kasrils Affair: Jews and Minority Politics in Post-Apartheid South Africa“.

SA President Promotes Apartheid Analogy

Hot on the heels of Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann comes South African President Kgalema Motlanthe, who has attached his name to an advertisement decrying alleged “apartheid-style” brutality meted out by the Israeli government.

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Hirsh on the Apartheid Analogy

Kudos to David Hirsh for publishing an op-ed in South Africa’s Mail and Guardian which drives a stake into the heart of the apartheid analogy.

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