Poverty in London
By Kasredin: Sadiq Khan, the MP for Tooting who is of Asian extraction has recently written an article for The New Statesman about poverty in London. He notes that, “A new report released today shows that the government and Mayor are turning London into a divided and segregated city”. The report’s findings regarding poverty in London are probably accurate. Having lived there myself, I know only too well how expensive it can be. Bus tickets…
Soweto – Coming to a Town Near You?
Most of us will recall televised news reports from Apartheid era South Africa, of violent incidents in Soweto, the black township on the outskirts of Johannesburg. The reports telling more often than not, of some black-on-black violence, and showing crowds of emotionally charged black people, mostly women, dancing, clapping their hands and singing in expression of their grief over what has happened and presumably, in sorrow at their parlous situation. Heavily armed police officers would be seen…