Tag Archives: Kuruman

Thoughtlessness and the after-life of neo-liberal democracy

Sokari Ekine SOUTH AFRICA: EMANCIPATORY VISION, NOT LEGISLATION Over the past three weeks at least seven LGBTIQ people have been murdered in South Africa, in Cape Town, in Kuruman in the Northern Province, in Soweto and in Limpopo. Yet the … read more »

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Homophobic murders, refugee woes and Sudan protests

Sokari Ekine In the early hours of June 9, 2012, a 23-year-old gay man, Thapelo Makhutle was mutilated and murdered in his home in Kuruman, Northern Cape, South Africa. In the same week, on June 4, 36-year-old Neil Daniels’ body … read more »

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Huge fake Viagra bust

Two consignments of counterfeit Viagra worth R17-million was seized at the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, national police said on Monday. “Police confiscated the first consignment on 20 January, worth R6-million, and the second [on Sunday], worth R11-million,” said … read more »

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