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Nelson Mandela has always felt most at ease around children, and in some ways his greatest deprivation was that he spent 27 years without hearing a baby cry or holding a child's hand. Last month, when I visited Mandela in Johannesburg - a frailer, foggier Mandela than the one I used to know - his first instinct was to spread his arms to my two boys. Within seconds they were hugging the friendly old man who asked them what sports they liked to play and what they'd had for breakfast. While we talked, he held my son Gabriel, whose complicated...
...surprised to see your short item concluding that "The world must do more than watch the Zimbabwe crisis" followed by eight pages on U.S. politics? While the rest of the world falls apart, for you the election circus takes precedence. Craig McNiven, Johannesburg...
...which the government dealt with the violence poses the question: How long before mobs turn on the middle and upper income groups to kill them or drive them out of the country? And what (if anything) will the government do to protect the heartbeat of its economy? Ryan Moore, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA...
...migration. As the world shrinks and economies integrate, national boundaries become less important. At least, that's the theory. In reality, there is an élite of international professionals who do live comparable and seamlessly connected lives, whether they be in New York City or New Delhi, Johannesburg or Tokyo. But among the world's poor, things do not go as smoothly...
...South Africa Erupts As a South African, I was shocked by the recent spate of violence against immigrants in the townships of Johannesburg [June 2]. The authorities gave various reasons for the outbreak, but the problem boils down to the resentment of the have-nots. Many immigrants who had worked hard to build a life in South Africa were the targets of violent robbery and theft. The criminals were said to have been opportunists, not organized gangs. The inefficiency and hamfistedness of the government's response raises the question: how long will it be before this happens again? And what...