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Died. Walter Sisulu, 90, South African political activist, chief strategist of the African National Congress (ANC) and longtime jail mate of Nelson Mandela; in Johannesburg. Sisulu, son of a black domestic worker and a white railwayman, was a founding member of the ANC's armed wing. In 1963 a group of antigovernment activists were tried for planning acts of sabotage and antiapartheid revolution, for which Sisulu and Mandela were sentenced to life imprisonment. Sisulu spent the next 25 years incarcerated on the infamous Robben Island. "He has not been honored the way some of us have been... nevertheless, he stood...
...children and their future, wouldn't we try our best to give them a chance to be free from terror and persecution? War is never the perfect solution, but sometimes war is the only thing that can lead to peace in the long run. BRANDON GRANT FABER Johannesburg...
This war has been imposed upon the world by Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair despite massive popular opposition—including the largest single-day worldwide protest in history before the start of a war, when over 10 million people from Johannesburg to Hong Kong to Brasilia took to the streets...
...invitation to come to Harvard was extended when I was at my wit’s end about what to do,” Nyarota says. “I realized that Harare was not safe for me, and Johannesburg was only a temporary solution...
After consulting with friends and coworkers, Nyarota says he decided to take the next available plane from Harare to Johannesburg. He fled with his wife, daughter and youngest son. His eldest son remains in Harare...