COP17 in Durban, South Africa, ended with very little achieved except for a huge success for global warming and advocates of beach parties. The UN conference saw the USA make no helpful contribution to solving the problem they largely created for the world and other countries simply followed by example.
COP17 – Huge Success (for Global Warming!)
April 28th, 2024 (Updated)It’s My Culture – Gender Inequality CartOOn
April 28th, 2024 (Updated)It’s my culture is an often used defence to justify gender inequality. Wonkie’s guest writer, Engineer-Chic, takes a critical look at the it’s my culture defence and questions how progressive South African society really is.
Muammar Gaddafi – African Role Models cartoon
April 28th, 2024 (Updated)Muammar Gaddafi was killed by rebel forces in Libya on 20 October 2011. Much like when Osama bin Laden died, there is a sense of euphoria – particularly in Libya. Gruesome photos and videos of his death were splashed across the media.
South African rebel uprisings
April 28th, 2024 (Updated)Jacob Zuma has been out of South Africa during the disciplinary hearing of ANCYL leader Julius Malema. Zuma also boycotted the Friends of Libya summit in Paris on the grounds that he didn’t believe the UN no fly resolution would actually involve what it did in practical terms. Read this post to answer all your questions about why this might have happened.