Thabo Mbeki and Haiti
n 26 August 1789, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was adopted by the National Constituent Assembly in revolutionary Paris. The adoption of the Declaration has often been understood as a foundational moment in the development of the epoch in human history now often thought of as modernity. The [...]
The Uncelebrated Feast
President Jacob Zuma is set to be inaugurated on Saturday for his second term, with Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan stating in March this year that R120-million had been set aside for the event. This is a substantial increase on the R75-million spent on Zuma’s inauguration in 2009. Then last week Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane [...]