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Reaching Across Distance and Hardship: An Interview with Riad
Get PDFI encountered Riad on TikTok, the video based social media platform, when interacted with my posts in August 2024. On 10 August I was the first to say hello because he had started following me and liked many of my videos. I did not expect this interaction to result in any kind of friendship, but over time, I have come to care deeply about Riad and his family. At the time, I was aware of the genocide taking place in Palestine, but I did not feel personally implicated by it – to me, it was a distant conflict in a distant land. Since learned to internalise Nelson Mandela’s message that none of us are free until all of us are free in some unique and very personal ways. Riad, like many TikTok users from Palestine, asked if I could help him by donating a sum of money because his source of income was lost, and the needs of his family increased. To make sure that this man was honest, I asked him for a video call via another social media platform, WhatsApp. He showed me the tent in which he lives with his wife and three children. I decided to donate $50 to help Riad and his family, and since then we have grown very close. We chat almost every day, making sure that he and his family are safe, and he loves sending me pictures of him and his children, and what they eat. I’ve come to know Riad as a kind-hearted man with a strong sense of family and love for his children. The following interview shows us glimpses of his daily life, and how he has experienced the genocide. With this interview, I hope to encourage others to find friends in conflict zones like Gaza, and not only extend a helping hand financially, but also to get to know them as people with families and dreams.This interview was conducted via WhatsApp at the convenience of Riad. He does not speak English and used a translator to be sure that we can understand him
From Cape to Rafah, Jenin to Madagascar: Boycotting Israel at UWC
Get PDFThe Palestine Solidarity Coalition at UWC (PSCUWC) emerged in late 2023 as an intergenerational mix of staff, students, workers, and alumni. The coalition operates alongside the Palestine Solidarity Association (PSA UWC), an SRC-affiliated student formation established at UWC in 2014. This short text and selection of images offers a brief, partial narrative on the movement(s) of the PSCUWC so far. Demands presented to the university management are reiterated and achievements of having resolutions ratified by UWC Council acknowledged. We outline a key motion presented to the UWC Senate on 28 May 2024, in which UWC passed a resolution on The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (or PACBI). There is also a message from the student executive of the PSA UWC. With the struggle for Palestinian liberation ongoing, the PSCUWC encourage WritingThreeSixty readers to get involved. Forward to a free decolonised Palestine
Lead with Light, Not Fire
Get PDFOh leaders, high upon your thrones,Do not cast hearts to dust and stones.The world now pleads for hands so kind,To heal the wounds of humankind..
How to Start a Revolution
Get PDFSeven days a week, endless nine to five, 3sixtyfive.Time and time again, the cycle repeats,in the system of oppression, where the few feastYour back becomes the bridge for the elites.The machine called Oppression churns, ..
From Service to Self-Interest: Civil Servants, Government Contracts and Corrupted Market Competition in Namibia
Get PDFIn Namibia, a loophole allows civil servants to bid for government tenders, creating conflicts of interest. This "non-rule" enables profit-seeking civil servants to compete with private firms they are supposed to serve. The article explores whether this practice constitutes corruption and violates competition law. Using the "Fishrot Files" scandal as a case study, the author argues that allowing civil servants to bid for contracts creates institutionalized corruption and undermines fair competition. The article contends that civil servants have informational advantages over private bidders, creating an uneven playing field that diminishes competition and wastes taxpayer funds. The study highlights the need for policymakers to reconsider the policy and ensure transparent, competitive, and conflict-free public procurement processes. The findings offer valuable insights for Namibia and other jurisdictions with similar non-rules, emphasizing the importance of fair competition and integrity in public procurement
Diffracting our stories: New questions about roles in and beyond South African university writing centres
Get PDFSouth African writing centre scholarship reveals how writing centres have responded to changing circumstances in higher education. Much of this scholarship reflects processes of ongoing reflection and reflexivity, engaging and interrogating notions of resilience, agency and literacy in different ways. In this paper, we identify three broad writing centre narratives apparent in this scholarship. We then trouble some of these stories, including our own, by turning to bystander theory as a lens and diffraction as a methodology. This allows us to question how writing centre narratives assign the roles of victim, perpetrator and upstander in higher education, and in writing centres specifically. We wonder together about the roles assigned in these stories and their effects. We call for a more critical approach to understanding South African writing centre work and argue that our stories and roles, by over-focussing on the micro-level and neglecting the meso- and macro-levels, may unintentionally shield universities from having to enact systemic transformation
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Policy Frameworks for Development in Africa
No full textThe Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a universal call to action adopted by all UN member states in 2015, aiming to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all by 2030. The SDGs promote inclusive development through sustainable economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection. Using secondary data analysis, this paper investigates the opportunities and challenges associated with the SDGs, examining how national policies connect with them and evaluating the implementation of relevant treaties and conventions. Key findings highlight institutional capacity gaps, the impact of political will and the importance of international alliances in achieving the SDGs. The study also emphasises the need for effective monitoring and evaluation systems to track success, ensure accountability and promote adaptive policy approaches. These findings contribute to the discourse on sustainable development and offer a roadmap for policy-makers and organisations committed to advancing sustainable development across Africa
Gandhi\u27s African legacy: Phoenix settlement 1904 - 2024
No full textOn the afternoon of Saturday 3 October, Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie’s book, Gandhi’s African Legacy Phoenix Settlement: 1904-2024. A History Through Letters, was launched at the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Centre Foundation1 in Cape Town under the theme of “Talking Rights”. This launch was immediately followed by the Insurrection Ensemble’s multi-media production, Must Gandhi Fall?, under the theme of “Performing Rights”, at the historic theatre2 at the District SixHomecoming Centre around the corner. These two successive events are inextricably connected. They were part of the Living Rights Festival with its focus on intersectional justice and realising constitutional rights through multi-genre arts
Must Gandhi fall? Insurrections Ensemble and the Gandhi Project: Living Rights Festival
No full textMany people have asked me in a rather bewildered tone, what was it that we staged during the Living Rights Festival atthe Avalon Theatre at the District Six Homecoming Centre in Cape Town? The performance was not a play but felt like one! It was not a political statement although it sounded like one, it was not a musical but it was full of music and it was not an art work but it was full of art! And it was about Gandhi without Gandhi appearing on stage once
New Agenda 96
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Celebrating IFAA’s Living Rights Festival
Lessons from Stilfontein crisis
Extractivism in Afric