The Ashwin Desai Struggle Pages
Welcome to the one-stop shop for anyone wishing to know more about the 2005-6 struggle to unban Ashwin Desai from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. The documents below provide most of the background to the case, but the short version is here. Do peruse the recent (and archival) newspaper coverage of the issue, and do sign the petition. Updates will be posted regularly.
Background
Optimism of the Will
Online Petition
Sign here.
Correspondence
David McDonald
The Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa (1)
Issa Shivji
Michael Hardt, Antonio Negri, Noam Chomsky, Michael Albert, Naomi Klein, and Avi Lewis.
Zackie Achmat
Dennis Brutus
Combined Staff Association of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (1)
Costa Gazi
Academics from the University of Pretoria
Radio Al Ansaar
The University Responds.
Combined Staff Association of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (COMSA) (2)
The
Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa (CAFA)(2)
CAFA responds to Makgoba's Mail & Guardian
piece
Percy Ngonyama responds to Makgoba's
Mail & Guardian piece
Newspaper Coverage
UNBANNED (Sunday
Times) - 2003 Apr 6
Academics At Loggerheads... (Tribune)
- 2005 Dec 20
Academics Slam Ban ... (Tribune)
- 2005 Dec 28
Desai to head Sports Racism Probe
(Tribune)- 2006 Jan 3
Comsa supports 'banned' Ashwin Desai
(Daily News) - 2006 Jan 10
Chomsky Opposes Ban (Mail and Guardian)
- 2006 Jan 16
To Some a Dictator, to others..
(Tribune) 2006 Jan 25
Rhodes Grabs Barred Desai (Mail
and Guardian)2006 Jan 27
So many questions (Sunday Times)
2006 Jan 29
Makgoba Should Fight for Desai (Mail
and Guardian) 2006 Feb 3
Makgoba's Logic Legally Blasted (Mail and Guardian)
2006 Feb 13
"Truth is often less sexy than sensation" (Mail and
Guardian) 2006 Feb 17
Put Me With The Coolie, Professor (Mail and Guardian)
2006 Feb 24
Letters to the Editor (Mail and
Guardian) 2006 Feb 24
new - Ideals have been
betrayed (Mail and Guardian) 2006 Mar 03
new - Makgoba still
mum on Desai fellowship (Sunday Tribune) 2006 Mar 05
new - Makgoba must
stop blaming others (Mail and Guardian) 2006 Mar 10
Other media
Transcript of portion of Vuyo Mbuli's SAFm Show involving Ashwin Desai and Krish Govender - 2006 Jan 27
Mention in Monthly Review editorial - 2006 Jan
