Elizabeth Schmidt

Oct 14, 2024 | africasacountry.com | Elizabeth Schmidt |William Shoki |Rachel Dubale |Alex Park

While it might be cathartic to compare Elon Musk’s tech firms to apartheid-era mines, the connection between ex-South Africans and American capitalism is complicated. Why is the US ultra-right turning to Rhodesia as their model for a white supremacist state? On our annual publishing break, we ask: if the opposite of “weird” is normal, what if normal is equally problematic?

Sep 28, 2024 | news24.com | Elizabeth Schmidt

Mimicking a Trump rallying cry, one retailer sold a red and white patch sporting the slogan, Make Zimbabwe Rhodesia Again. South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future. News24 has kept the country informed for 25 years, and we're about to enter a new chapter of fearless journalism. Join our free subscription trial to unlock this story and a world of news aimed to inform, empower, and inspire.

Sep 12, 2024 | africasacountry.com | Elizabeth Schmidt |Michael Bueckert |Christopher J. Lee

In June 2015, a young white man named Dylann Roof walked into the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. After accepting an invitation to pray with the parishioners, Roof drew a Glock .45-caliber handgun and began to shoot. Within minutes, he fired some 74 rounds—killing nine church members, including the pastor and a state senator.