Interfaith Statement for Mandela’s Birthday

July 17, 2013 0

South African faith groups in KwaZulu-Natal are circulating the following interfaith statement to commemorate former President Nelson Mandela’s birthday on July 18 and pray for peace for the nation, given […]

Commemorating International Mandela Day

July 17, 2013 0

Nelson Mandela in 2008. (South Africa The Good News / http://www.sagoodnews.co.za [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)Former president Nelson Mandela’s stay in hospital should make the […]

In the News: The political thought of Nelson Mandela

July 9, 2013 0

“Nelson Mandela is around like never before”
In this article originally posted in Economics and Politics Monthly (and reposted by Africa is a Country), Premesh Lalu places Nelson Mandela’s intellectual […]

On Protests and Religion in South Africa and Donor Funds in Uganda

March 26, 2013 2

EDITOR’S NOTE: This week The CIHA Blog provides important perspectives on recent events from South Africa and a perspective on aid from Uganda. In South Africa, the Marikana strike and massacre […]

State Violence in the Protest Capital of the World

October 24, 2012 0

EDITOR’S NOTE: Dear Readers, in the below, Tony Roshan Samara describes the underside of post-conflict “development” when it is pushed forward with little attention to “justice.”  The issues he addresses […]

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