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Comment on Italian Social Cooperatives by coopgeek

coopgeek — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:26:56 +0000

Thanks for the link. It is quite interesting to see an African perspective on the Italian models. I know I’ve found the Trentino federation and Co-op Italia systems very inspiring as models for how we could restructure the economy.

Comment on Slice of Life by Quraisha Daya by Jon

Jon — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 07:01:48 +0000

Nice but how about a cryptic-What do Mother, Frank, Motel and Kick-off have in common?

Comment on The Plight of Tutors at UKZN: Whose the culprit? by Yajiv Haripersad

Yajiv Haripersad — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:40:08 +0000

It is very nice to see that a lot of attention has been created around the issue of tutorship at UKZN. However statements like “the students, simply do not have the means and the ‘know how’ to exploit” do not capture the essence of analysing working conditions and exploitation. Please see the article in this edition of the newsletter on NOCWAL

Comment on The Power of Food and Fuel by shafinaaz

shafinaaz — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:05:19 +0000

This is interesting considering our ever plummeting plight, what with costs rising all the time and food becoming a luxury to some.

Comment on Exploitation from Below: Tutoring at UKZN by Voluntarily

Voluntarily — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:37:47 +0000

Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation Anyway … nice blog to visit.

cheers, Voluntarily!!

Comment on Editorial: Normalising Xenophobia by iolscommentary

iolscommentary — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:14:54 +0000

This weeks editorial also appears for discussion and debate at Mail&Guardian online…

http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/azadessa/2008/06/13/normalizing-xenophobia/

Comment on Is Government nurturing Xenophobia? by Azad Essa

Azad Essa — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:50:05 +0000

sure guys, keep on the wonderful work on yourside!

Comment on Exploitation from Below: Tutoring at UKZN by Shabnam Shaik

Shabnam Shaik — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:36:08 +0000

With first year students, they are not used to having to do work by themselves, and in most cases are not used to interactive classes, (depending on their schooling experiences). The problem stems from the fact that students are spoonfed in school and expect this to continue in university. They don’t understand the concept that university is an environment to cultivate one’s own opinions and ideas and to learn how to speak for oneself and broaden one’s horizons. Some students pick up the idea that you have to work by yourself and in advance, but the vast majority do not, and the crazy thing is, is that this doesn’t stop at first year but continues throughout the degree. (Or they could just be plain down lazy).

Unfortunately, this is something that won’t change, as students see tuts as an easy alternative to attending lectures. And tutors will continually be exploited. Tutors play a huge role in aiding students. The job they do is especially taxing on them. They have their own research and studies to attend to and having to deal with students who do not pull their share of the work is unacceptable and reduces the amount of time they spend on their own studies. A job is a job whether it is part-time or not. It comes with the same stresses as a full-time job.

Comment on Crisis…What Crisis? by goolam_d

goolam_d — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:19:49 +0000

Rule no 1 ~ Blame the government.
Rule no 2 ~ Blame the government in lieu of some better liberal form of enlightenment.
Rule no 3 ~ Never apply the same broad sweeping Judgements to yourself.
Rule no 4 ~ Always apply evoke western theory as ideology and principles.
Rule no 5 ~ Make the main black guy guilty of everything.

Therefore, David doesn’t get axed because he imagined a world where he so proudly found African society lacking capacity for enlightenment, or that there are better writers (following the market principle of better for cheaper), nevermind that he very expectedly found the natives wanting at the time of colonial expansion. He gets axed because, like the xenophobic violence, it is symptomatic of the governments failure to do things the way he would and educated blacks like President Mbeki not recognising his superior foreign talents. Considering his article … I wonder how he would do things?

Comment on Is Government nurturing Xenophobia? by durbancrisis

durbancrisis — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:43:39 +0000

Thank you for posting this thoughtful article. Those of us working in Durban are certainly seeing how little government is willing to do to help the current crisis, as they leave the burden firmly on the shoulders of civil society. Once the crisis eases, we shoul not start to think that it is all over. As your article suggests, we have work to do at very high levels if this is not to happen again.