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South Africa

"You can end up with the only peace being the graveyard peace."

MODERN TIMES CONVERSATIONS: We talk to the former Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn, the man who could have become Prime Minister of Great Britain, about current issues – such as military rearmament, Ukraine, Israel, climate justice and work, security, democracy, citizens' councils, and not least a hope for the future.
Truls Lie -

To build a preschool, a crèche, in Ethembeni

CAPE TOWN: South Africa is in a housing crisis, and with failing infrastructure and widespread political corruption, the poorest are hit hardest. The local humanitarian organization The Shackbuilder builds shacks, temporary housing made of wood and corrugated metal sheets for people in need. We tried to contribute.
Gabriel Berntsen Alfnes -

Private game reserves – a business concept for species conservation

SOUTH AFRICA: About. 500 South African game reserves represent a spectacular marketplace. But after thirty years, Shamwari Private Game Reserve, for example, today has seven luxury lodges, an explorer camp, a learning centre, a rehabilitation station for young, abandoned or injured animals – and not least a police unit to combat poaching.
Ranveig Eckhoff -

Flashy Norwegian-supported consumption in Africa

CONSUMPTION AND CORRUPTION: We haven't heard much about Luanda Leaks in Norway. Perhaps because it is embarrassing that Statoil paid NOK 420 million to a non-existent research center owned by Angola's state oil company Sonangol, where Isabel dos Santos was the director until she was fired in November 2017?
Ketil Fred Hansen -

South African identity

PHOTO: South African photographer Santu Mofokeng recently died at the age of 63. His image essays from the time during and after apartheid, however, live on.
Nina Beach -

To show it at once unworthy and worthy

INCLUSION / EXCLUSION: A white, South African photographer portrays efforts to belong to and build up under the constant threat of demolition in the informal urban areas.
Nina Trige Andersen -

Where white star lions came down from the sky

TRAVEL-ESSAY: The white lions in South Africa became known in the world press in the seventies. But the white man's "discovery" of the white lion has now led these animals to the brink of extinction.
Ranveig Eckhoff -

The bitter legacy of colonial violence

The "Me Too" movement continues to pave its way through the western world, but the slogans have no echo among African women.
Ana L. Valdés -

White trash

People look towards the lens, yet it is as if they would prefer to retreat and retreat to the courtyard, to the outfield, to the family, to the drug, to the church, to sleep.
Hilde Lindset -

Masterpiece on the history of South Africa

The history book we needed about South Africa has finally arrived – and it probably couldn't have been carried by anyone else. The story is dramatic, diverse and appalling, but also leaves behind optimism and hope.
Halle Jørn Hanssen -

Cape Town – the freedom town in the rainbow country

This winter, a racist debate exploded in South African media. Visiting Cape Town is like standing at a crossroads where the ghosts of the apartheid era meet progressive values.
Halle Jørn Hanssen -

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