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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 is a Professor of history and Kathlyn Cosper Dunagan Professor in the Humanities at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. He is also Senior Research Associate at Rhodes University. 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 and on the 1981 South African Springbok rugby team's tour to the US. He is the author of three books, dozens of scholarly articles and reviews, and has published widely on current affairs in African, American, and European publications. He has lived, worked, and travelled extensively throughout southern Africa. 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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