Tag Archives: South Africa

Calls for Gukurahundi Justice

By Sonja Dechian | Published: November 17, 2011

Hundreds of Zimbabwean exiles gathered in South Africa this week to launch a new lobby group that will campaign for the trial of perpetrators of the Gukurahundi massacres

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Nephew of Anti-Apartheid Activist: Government Must Disclose Hidden History

By Sonja Dechian | Published: November 4, 2011

This week marked the 40th anniversary of the death of anti-Apartheid activist Ahmed Timol in South Africa. Timol was found dead five days after his arrest at a police roadblock in 1971, and was the 22nd person to die in police detention in South Africa. His nephew Imtiaz Cajee this week called for legislation that [...]

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Tag Archives: South Africa

Calls for Gukurahundi Justice

Nephew of Anti-Apartheid Activist: Government Must Disclose Hidden History

On the News Blog:

La dernière catastrophe: l’histoire, le présent, le contemporain

Memory, Politics and Identity: Haunted by History

Commemorating Hell: The Public Memory of Mittelbau-Dora