The Weekender | 18-19 Jul 2009

Malema’s desperate sideswipe betrays his own ignorance, writes KRISTIN PALITZA

WHERE the heck did African National Congress (ANC) Youth League president Julius Malema’s cheap comments come from last week, when he declared that charges of hate speech and discrimination brought against him by Sonke Gender Justice were motivated by a racist and imperialist desire to embarrass black leadership?

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Panos | 30 June 2008

By Kristin Palitza

The recent flood of Zimbabwean refugees into South Africa has received much attention all over world because of the ensuing xenophobic attacks. There has been widely publicised concern about the human rights of foreign nationals and closely related issues of housing, employment, poverty and, of course, safety has been discussed extensively.

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The Witness | 12 May 2006

Judgment in the Zuma trial constitutes a major setback for women’s rights, writes KRISTIN PALITZA

South Africa’s former deputy president Jacob Zuma has been found not guilty. This was Judge Willem van der Merwe’s verdict based on the evidence presented to him. But the truth will only be known by two people — the complainant and the accused.

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Itch Magazine | 1 Mar 2005

Once Genetically Modified, Always Genetically Modified

KRISTIN PALITZA explains the cons and cons of Genetically Modified (GM) foodstuffs in the context of third world famine and agricultural development.

“My name is Mulima Taguma. I am a farmer from Munsaka, a small farming village in Zambia’s southern district of Kalomo. Times have been tough for me lately, as for my fellow farmers in the country. Our yields have decreased each year.

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