Has worked in trade union movement, civic associations, and anti apartheid sports movement led by the South African Council on Sports (SACOS) as well as NGOs for the past while. He has worked with civil society groups opposing harmful and exploitative mining and extractivism. Hassen is active with the SA BDS Coalition.
By Hassen Lorgat SABC Presenter Juliet Newell, suspended following public outcry after an interview with Dr Mamphela Ramphele, has been… Read More »‘Not-a-holocaust Newell’ is back on air; SABC needs to account as promised
Stroes They call it a “truce.” Dit maak my woes. In the last 24 hours… 32 were martyred in Gaza.… Read More »A Cease-fire? A poem by Hassen Lorgat
No rest, no respite for what they call a ceasefire— mangled bodies pile up, wailing mourners from makeshift homes, unheard,… Read More »No Rest, No Respite A-poem by Hassen Lorgat
The South African National Editors’ Forum’s reliance on corporate elites, like Patrice Motsepe, undermines the fight for media independence and… Read More »SANEF, Corporate Influence, and the Failure of Liberating Visions