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...trivial we are in this amazingly vast and complex system. In such a universe, which is far beyond human imagination, we are obsessed with our immature and selfish thoughts, destroying and tearing one another apart under various banners. We are nothing but a joke in this universe. ALI PIRAHANCHI Johannesburg, South Africa Via E-mail...
...FOUND THE SCENES OF JUBILATION OUTside the Los Angeles courthouse after the verdict quite distressing. I wonder how reaction to such behavior might have differed had a mostly white crowd rejoiced after an acquittal of a famous white person accused of brutally murdering two African Americans. ALLEN YATES, Johannesburg, South Africa...
Magnus Malan, the former defense minister of South Africa, and ten other ex-military leaders were in a Johannesburg courtroom Thursday to answer charges that they trained an Inkatha-Zulu "hit squad" that massacred 13 black ANC sympathizers. "Coming right after the elections, the timing of this trial has angered many whites on the right wing," says Hawthorne. "They see this as victimization of whites, because some blacks who have been involved in political violence have been given anmnesty, while whites who were involved in the same kind of violence are being brought to court. The trial won't split...
...1950s was a time when "Washington, D.C., the capital of the free world was as segregated as Johannesburg, South Africa," The candidate said. "African-Americans had to sit at the back of the bus; and public schools were segregated by act of Congress...
...limbo since 1990, when the former government declared a moratorium on executions during the transition to democratic rule. The country previously had one of the highest execution rates in the world, hanging dozens of convicts each year. Although the decision is currently highly popular, especially among blacks,TIME Johannesburg bureau chief Scott Macleodsays the country's soaring crime rate may change opinions. "The draconian laws of the old regime were seen as being aimed chiefly at blacks, so they're against the death penalty. People will forget the old regime and want tougher laws for this exploding criminal class. Even...