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Zuma and Motlante

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma (L) and his deputy Kgalema Motlante at the ANC policy meeting in Midrand. Photo Credit: SIPHIWE SIBEKO / Reuters

It’s been a busy few days since my return from South Africa, and I still have much about which I want to write. At the risk of self indulgence, I’ve made a couple of media appearances in recent days.

The Colombian news magazine Semana wrote a story on the state of contemporary Africa in which they included a few words from me. (En Espanol).

Late last week I appeared on China Radio International‘s “Today” show as part of a two-person panel discussion on ANC policy.

 

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Derek Catsam
Derek Catsam

Derek Catsam is an associate professor of history at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. Derek writes about race and politics in the United States and Africa, sports, and terrorism. He is currently working on books on bus boycotts in the United States and South Africa in the 1940s and 1950s, the Freedom Rides, and South African resistance politics in the 1980s. He has lived, worked, and travelled extensively throughout southern Africa. He is also a lifelong sports fan, with the Boston Red Sox as his first true love. He was one of about three dozen people to write books about the 2004 World Champion Red Sox, and the result is Bleeding Red: A Red Sox Fan's Diary of the 2004 Season. He writes about politics, sports, travel, pop culture, and just about anything else that comes to mind.

Areas of Focus:
Africa; Zimbabwe; South Africa; Apartheid

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