Segregation

Iraq’s Shia Muslim leader says protests should be segregated

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Iraqi women are defying a call by a leading Shia Muslim leader to stop protesting alongside men. Muqtada al-Sadr is calling for the segregation of men and women because of nudity, alcohol drinking and illegal drug-taking at mixed-sex anti-government rallies. Al Jazeera’s Rob Matheson reports from Baghdad, Iraq. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – … Read more Iraq’s Shia Muslim leader says protests should be segregated

Shunting hectares: Land Reform in South Africa

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On 19th June 2013, South Africa marks the centenary of the 1913 Natives’ Land Act, which effectively excluded the black population from the ownership of some 90% of land. The emotive issue of the land reform programme, initiated in 1994 by the African National Congress (ANC) to redress historical injustices, is once more to the … Read more Shunting hectares: Land Reform in South Africa

The Natives Land Act, 1913 – Professor Harvey M Feinberg

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In 1910, when South Africa became a self-governing country within the British Empire, black South Africans equalled about 70 per cent of the population.  However, under the new constitution, they could not vote in three-quarters of the country and could not be members of the national parliament.  The white minority, about 20 per cent of … Read more The Natives Land Act, 1913 – Professor Harvey M Feinberg