Molotov Cocktail [ June 2008 ]
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, the People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs in the Soviet Union from 1939 to 1949, principal Soviet signatory of the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact (also known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact): the molotov cocktail – an incendiary device, a petrol bomb – might seem, at first glance, to bear his name. But it was in fact nothing of the sort. The molotov cocktail was, instead, the tool that peaceable Finland took up against Molotov’s tanks during the Soviet invasion in 1939. The molotov cocktail, like so much in South Africa today, is not what it at first seems. The name reflects the struggle of the weak against the strong, a weapon of irreverence built on foundations of irony. Our guiding principles are:

• Inclusion not exclusion, which means examining fairly the thoughts and voices of people unlike ourselves.
• South African history should be celebrated not feared, which means actively contesting accepted versions of the past.
• Confidence trumps despair. The voices in Molotov Cocktail act, rather than complain.
• Molotov Cocktail broadly backs the principles and policies of the African National Congress. We believe that discussing the ANC with insight and generosity will be more interesting and productive than condemning the party out of ignorance.
• We welcome submissions from writers who want to engage with the future rather than wallow in the past. All material will be judged solely for accuracy and intelligence. We don’t censor opinion.

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Ndivhuwo [ June 2008 ]
This journal aims to create a platform where South African intellectuals will debate issues and engage in serious discussions about the direction that our country should take. A journal that will reflect on development challenges impacting on South Africa’s urban and rural landscape; on the process of transition, the democratisation process, as well as its socio-economic and political sensibilities. We feel strongly that intellectual discourse should form an integral part of our democracy.

We hope that Ndivhuwo will grow through a process of encouraging and cajoling South Africans, particularly black South Africans, to write about their experiences and viewpoints in a probing and intellectual way. The development of the journal is partly due to iKwezi’s Skenjana Roji Seminar series that is held monthly to discuss topical issues that may impact or affect our direction as a nation. Ndivhuwo will become a depository of these engagements, so that South Africa may benefit from eloquent exchanges of knowledge. We do, of course, extend an invitation to contributors from outside of the seminar series, who feel they are in a position to enrich the debate and discourse.
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