Southern Africa

Vusi Mahlasela - Interview Part 3 of 3

Sameer Padania — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

We interviewed South African musician and activist Vusi Mahlasela in New York's Central Park on Earth Day 2008. In the last part of this interview, he talks about his work to support an indigenous community in Australia.

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Vusi Mahlasela - Interview Part 2 of 3

Sameer Padania — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

We interviewed South African musician and activist Vusi Mahlasela in New York's Central Park on Earth Day 2008. In the second part of this interview, he talks about how his work to support causes like 46664 and his own Music Development Foundation.

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Vusi Mahlasela - Interview Part 1 of 3

Sameer Padania — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

We interviewed South African musician and activist Vusi Mahlasela in New York's Central Park on Earth Day 2008. In the first part of this interview, he talks about how he came to be involved in activism and the anti-apartheid movement.

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Stolen ballots in Zimbabwe - video from the Guardian [UPDATED]

Sameer Padania — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:59:22 -0700

How does ballot-stealing in Zimbabwe work? British newspaper the Guardian smuggled a camera to a Zimbabwean prison officer in the run-up to the recent election run-off in Zimbabwe to find out.

Shepherd Yuda records secretly as he and his colleagues are forced to vote for Robert Mugabe as one of his lieutenants watches.

World Refugee Day - Zimbabwe, South Africa and Iraq

Sameer Padania — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:50:24 -0700

There are 16 million refugees and 51 million internally displaced people worldwide, according to the UNHCR's latest figures [pdf].

Morapedi

silencespeaks — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:01:12 -0700

Created in a workshop for male advocates against gender-based violence. Cape Town, South Africa

SIlence Speaks

Juliana

silencespeaks — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:22:18 -0700

Created in a workshop for women survivors of violence, Cape Town, South Africa

SIlence Speaks

Thoko

silencespeaks — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:19:40 -0700

Created in a workshop for women survivors of violence. Cape Town, South Africa

SIlence Speaks

Moses

silencespeaks — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:14:44 -0700

Created in a workshop focused on human rights abuses against labor migrants, Johanesburg, South Africa

SIlence Speaks

Vusi Mahlasela

chloe — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:38:04 -0700

"He was a voice during the revolution, a voice of hope, like a Woodie Guthrie or a Bob Dylan of South Africa, and he still is" - Dave Matthews

"Vusi Mahlasela sings like a bird does: in total response to being alive. Vusi's music is here to stir and delight us. He is a national treasure." - Nadine Gordimer

"With a sound track by Vusi Mahlasela, the way forward is clear and a bit easier thanks to the uplifting force of his timeless creations." - Roger Steffens