South African Broadcasting Corporation

Booker Prize winner and J.M. Coetzee masterpiece, Disgrace, published in 1999 “seems to be a book about endings: the end of rape, the end of morality, and the end of humanity meaning" (Bandici). The novel takes place in the post-apartheid South Africa, where the internal pressures, the anger, the inequalities and the discrimination still haunt the country as the legacy of the previous political system. The controversy behind this novel and how it shows the complex transformation suffered by a…

South Africa Coming from the United States of America is a privilege that we all take for granted on a daily basis. The way that we interact with each other, travel anywhere that we want to go, and do what we want to do is remarkable, considering the fact that there are places on Earth that are not able to have as much freedom to do so. I am going to take you to South Africa to give you an idea of a place that, in some aspects of life are similar to living in America but in other aspects are…

When I think of what makes Oregon different in the wine industry, my thoughts are of smaller family owned farms, artisan wines, Oregon’s reputation for being weird and independent, and views on organic farming and sustainability for future generations (Yates, 2016). When I want to partake in some wine tasting, I stay clear of the big wineries, for example, Ponzi in Sherwood, OR and set my sights for unique and smaller wineries, such as White Rose. Smaller wineries are great storytellers and…

Nadine Gordimer, an anti-apartheid activist and writer from South Africa, uses her short story, “Once Upon a Time,” to critique the racist political system. This critique is, however, cloaked within a children’s tale – a bedtime story of sorts. After all, as Thomas C. Foster points out in his book, How to Read Literature like a Professor, “Overtly political writing can be one-dimensional, simplistic, reductionist, preachy, dull” (117). Gordimer’s attack on apartheid is anything but dull. As the…

segregation, apartheid developed a distorting effect on society by encouraging and promoting the worst of human behaviors. Violence and brutality defined apartheid over its 47 years of operation. Even with these effects and many others in full view of South African citizens and the world, the underbelly of apartheid, marked by deceit, paranoia, torture, and murder reveals how the system created space for twisted individuals to act out their perverted conceptions without fear of retribution or…

article. State capitalism is usually where government has more control over the public-sector and politically loyal corporations. The objective is to control the wealth generated by the markets, thereby, not encouraging fee markets, but rather government control markets. Yes, in my opinion, the U.S. does engage in state capitalism. One example is the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). The organization…

practice of of advocating for fairness can be identified in the history of South Africa. “A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything”, this famous quote asserts that if one believes in a cause, they should fight for it. Nelson Mandela was arrested for protesting apartheid in South Africa in the mid-1960s. Mandela like all great leaders believed that everybody should be treated equally. However, the South African government believed differently and Mandela ultimately served…

introduced as part of The Great Society programs. The Elementary and Secondary Ed. Act of 1965 provided federal aid to public education. Student Loans for educational purposes also became available as well. The Public broadcasting Act of 1967 established the corporation of Public Broadcasting which still exists today. Also, the Department of Transportation was established under the programs and policies the “The Great…

Adrianna Hodges Mrs. Borrego English 12, 4th block 29 September 2014 Mugabe’s Massacre Robert Mugabe, age 90, is the current president of Zimbabwe. As leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front, a militant gang and political party, elections which he partakes in are always won by unfairness. His dictatorship has risen in great power; Mugabe’s rule has lasted since 1980. Robert Mugabe and his family live an extravagant life. The family is known for large parties and weddings,…

the country (Eckstein 1). Even Evangelists used the radio to share their beliefs to fellow followers and to try to convert others (Benson 1). Broadcasting to the entire country became a new way of communication and service to the people during the 1920s (Eckstein 1). In 1924, the radio made its first broadcast across America from, coast-to-coast (“Broadcasting” 1). With the huge craze after the first broadcast in 1920, American families spent around 100 million dollars on radios. In 1925, 400…