HOME / Columnist / In Memoriam – Nelson Mandela In Memoriam – Nelson Mandela Daily Guide December 7, 2013 Cameron Duodu WHEN I made my first-ever visit to South Africa in September 1990, there were hundreds of journalists in South Africa, all of whom had a single objective: namely, to secure an exclusive interview with …
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Dec 13
REMEMBERING NELSON MANDELA
REMEMBERING NELSON MANDELA by CAMERON DUODU (The Ghanaian Times 10 December 2013) Just picture Jan Smuts Airport, Johanneburg, now named after Oliver Tambo. It is the main departure lounge, and people are teeming everywhere. Then Nelson Mandela walks in, unnoticed, and comes to a man I am talking to. The man is Thomas Nkobi, treasurer-general …
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Dec 01
APARTHEID’S REVENGE
APARTHEID’S REVENGE by CAMERON DUODU (First published in May 2008) There are certain times when the English language refuses to accommodate one’s feelings. How, for instance, does one say ‘Mese afem’in English? ‘My teeth have gnashed together against each other?’ . No! For although that does give an idea of discomfort, the bitterness one …
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Aug 21
HOW COULD THE ANC ALLOW THIS NEW ‘SHARPEVILLE’ TO HAPPEN?
HOW COULD THE ANC ALLOW ANOTHER SHARPEVILLE TO HAPPEN? By CAMERON DUODU It has joined the names of the other South African localities that make you shudder when you hear them; names like Sharpeville, Langa and Nyanga. And the date won’t be forgotten, either – Marikana: 16th August 2012; just like …
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