Stefanus Nashama In response to people who say he hates Chinese and Indian nationals, the Leader of the Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF), Epafras Mukwiilongo, denied the accusations and that he does not have personal issues with their businesses. Mukwiilongo said this in an interview with Windhoek Observer yesterday. According to him, the only thing...
November 20, 2024
Tag: hate
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The Government’s Love and Hate Relationship with Middlemen
Two newspaper headlines, which speak to the same issue, recently caught my attention. The first one: ‘Govt’s Abandoned Projects’ – hospitals, schools, houses among delayed initiatives worth N$990 million. And the second one: ‘Tough Times Ahead for Blacklisted Tenderpreneurs’. The government is apparently now waking up to a problem that has not only been there...
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Inside South Africa’s Operation Dudula: ‘Why we hate foreigners’
South African anti-migrant group Operation Dudula has become notorious for raiding businesses belonging to foreign nationals and forcing shops to close. BBC Africa Eye has gained rare access to members of the country’s most-prominent anti-migrant street movement. In a school kitchen in Kwa Thema, a township east of Johannesburg, Dimakatso Makoena is busy making sandwiches....
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Florida shooting under investigation as hate crime
A federal hate crime investigation is underway in the United States after a white man shot three black people in Florida. Ryan Christopher Palmeter opened fire at a Dollar General store in the city of Jacksonville on Saturday. The shooting has been described as racially motivated. The post Florida shooting under investigation as hate crime...
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The Prevalence of hate speech on social media
By Vitalio Angula The availability of multiple platforms to raise one’s opinion under the guise of freedom of speech and freedom of expression has resulted in much vitriol being spat out on social media that qualifies as hate speech. Hate speech is not limited to race-discrimination and manifests itself in tribalism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, islamophobia,...