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The long and winding road to Nowhere: South Africa at the Fracture Point
March and March threatens to shut- down South Africa at the end of this month as fear, hopelessness and equality signal the end of the rainbow nation led by Nelson… Read more >
Traditional religious beliefs can, and do, fuel the spread of killer viruses in Africa and Asia
The present Ebola outbreak in Africa is described by doctors and other frontline health workers as the worst in living memory and it worsens every month. The Ebola outbreak… Read more >
Nelson Mandela revisited as the bright colours of a Rainbow Nation begin to fade
Nelson Mandela was a strong and outspoken supporter of the right of Palestinians to live in their own country By TREVOR GRUNDY In the preface to ‘Eminent Victorians,’… Read more >
Tommy Robinson at the Oxford Union: From Russia with hate
Tommy Robison – Pubs closed in parts of Oxford on the night England play Croatia in the World Cup A controversial Oxford Union debate tonight on whether the West should… Read more >
Fresh hope for Scotland’s threatened Gannet colony
Baas Rock – one of Scotland’s best-known and loved landmarks (Picture: Trevor Grundy) The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Scotland have announced the purchase of Baas… Read more >
Belfast riots fuel a growing fear that doctors, nurses and medics from ethnic communities might soon have had enough of race hate in Britain
Hospitals in Britain stay alive thanks to the work of dedicated nurses, doctors and medics from around the world. Without them, health experts say the NHS would fall apart in… Read more >
Zimbabwe 2026: Life inside the cockpit of a plane flying fast to nowhere
As King Hezekiah lay dying with his face turned to the wall, the prophet Isaiah told him that the Jewish god had granted him another 15 – years of life…. Read more >
Commonwealth Secretary General told to wake up and act over the erosion of human rights for gays in Ghana
You don’t need to make a trip to Specsavers to know what’s going on in Ghana Fifteen years ago, British Prime Minister, David Cameron, made a threat to dock… Read more >
The Pungwe Parliament: What will Zimbabwe pay when CAB3 passes?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa – the people’s choice, or just the number one favourite of a bunch of out-of-touch and corrupt money-spinners? Instead of debating whether CAB3 should pass, we… Read more >
Jewish leaders are surprised and angered that the British Museum has elevated fear over culture
Secular as well as religious art that tell part of the story of the Jewish people will be on display in London when the British Museum decides to go ahead… Read more >