Massacre in South Africa

Two decades after the fall of Apartheid, why did police open fire on mine workers? The Lonmin massacre goes beyond a dispute over wages inside platinum mines and shows up the chronic imbalances between rich and poor in today’s South Africa.

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Sipho JANUARY. France 24 Observer - from Cape Town;
Eusebius McKAISER. Witwatersrand University - from Johannesburg;
Ebba KALONDO. Africa Editor, France 24;
Sean JACOBS. Assistant Professor of International Affairs, The New School; Founder, 'Africa is a Country' blog - from New York.

Produced by François Picard, Anelise Borges, Mary Colombel, Christopher Davis.

Watch the second part here.

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François Picard

02/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Germany envy

The just rewards of a virtuous model and a talented generation, or is an unprecedented all-German UEFA Champions League final the future of a Europe where new "financial fair play" rules suit the Bundesliga better than its rivals? François Picard’s panel looks at Germany’s winning football model.

01/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

May Day! Hollande's policies split French left (part 2)

Voters on the left rue the French government's first loosening of the labor law in decades. François Picard's panel wonders if under the guise of the Socialist label, a quiet revolution might be afoot in the French workplace?

01/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

May Day! Hollande's policies split French left

Voters on the left rue the French government's first loosening of labour law in decades. François Picard's panel wonders if under the guise of the Socialist label, a quiet revolution might be afoot in the French workplace.

30/04/2013 - THE DEBATE

Karzai's CIA cash (part 2)

Bags of cash delivered monthly to the Afghan National Security Council offered a quick-fix solution in a nation steeped in a tradition of patronage, but François Picard's panel worries that CIA payments may ultimately undermine US efforts to pull out of a stable Afghanistan.