On his 75th death anniversary, the Mahatma as a marketing tool
by Rashmee
Posted on January 28, 2023
At month’s end, it will be 75 years since Mahatma Gandhi was murdered by Nathuram …
Read MoreAmerica is no South Africa, that’s for sure
by Rashmee
Posted on June 30, 2021
/IT’S THE BUSINESS South Africa’s highest court has sentenced former president Jacob Zuma to 15 …
Read MoreUNGA 2019: there’s always a story behind a no-show
by Rashmee
Posted on September 18, 2019 / The National
Who attends the United Nations General Assembly every year – and more crucially, who doesn’t …
Read MoreWhat’s on BRICS’ collective mind?
by Rashmee
Posted on July 25, 2019
Today (July 25th) and tomorrow, foreign ministers of the BRICS countries meet in …
Read MoreWhat to look forward to (or not) in 2019
by Rashmee
Posted on January 10, 2019
It’s going to be a politically busy 2019 though there’s no certainty it’ll be a …
Read MoreIf we want to save Britain from its post-Brexit economic fate, we should support Theresa May’s investment in Africa
by Rashmee
Posted on August 28, 2018 / The Independent
Theresa May has joined in a new scramble for Africa but this one is neither …
Read MoreTrump on South Africa shows poisonous mess he’s serving up on presidential china
by Rashmee
Posted on August 25, 2018
South Africa has hit back at Donald Trump’s dangerous, false, racist and race-baiting comment about …
Read MoreIndians abroad & foreign-returned: South Africa’s Guptas; Nirav Modi in US
by Rashmee
Posted on February 19, 2018
Once upon a time, Indians thought it prestigious to be “foreign-returned”. And England, the old …
Read MoreAngola, Zimbabwe, now South Africa? Africa’s new mania for orderly change
by Rashmee
Posted on February 12, 2018
Today’s ANC meeting in South Africa is simply remarkable. It illustrates the mania for orderly …
Read MoreWhat should we make of the way Mahatma Gandhi spoke about black people?
by Rashmee
Posted on September 5, 2015
According to a new book by two South African academics, the Mahatma regarded black people …
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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK