Reports From South Africa Focus on Crime While Ignoring History
By Georgianne Nienaber for OEN NEWS
In the rural areas of Africa the people's lives and histories revolve
around their communities and connections with people, the land and
tradition. To people living in Africa, white and black alike, the land
is not exotic, wild or foreign, it is "home." And home does not always
provide safety and comfort.
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Sloppy Forensics Cloud Verdict in Murder of Journalist Serge Maheshe
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) supported the
acquittal of two friends of Radio Okapi journalist Serge Maheshe who
were accused of taking part in his murder. However, IFJ said in a press
release that there were "irregularities" in the trial which precluded
discovery of who, exactly, was responsible for Maheshe's murder
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