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Neville Alexander (22 October 1936 – 27 August 2012)

Norman Traub — 2012-08-29T07:21:16Z

Neville Alexander, the South African revolutionary, educationist and acclaimed linguist, died in Cape Town, South Africa on 27 August 2012 following a long battle with cancer. He was 75. He was born in Cradock in the Cape Province. His maternal grandmother was a freed slave from Ethiopia, who was sent to South Africa. Neville attended a convent in Cradock, where he was taught by German nuns. He moved to Cape Town in 1953, where he enrolled for a BA at the University of Cape Town (UCT).

- IV451 - August 2012

East Africa in the grip of famine

Norman Traub — 2011-07-24T19:35:50Z

As famine returns to East Africa, Norman Traub pins the blame on climate change and imperialist intervention.

- IV438 - July 2011

Oil Rich Equatorial Guinea - Time For Another Coup?

Norman Traub — 2005-02-19T00:00:00Z

The long prison sentences passed on Simon Mann and Nick DuToit, leaders of a failed coup attempt against the regime of President Teoboro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea, highlight the role of mercenaries in this oil rich state.

- IV364 - February 2005 / Equatorial Guinea