Horrifying as they were, the events of 7 October were the latest twist in a violent cycle triggered in the distant past
François le Vaillant painted a uniquely vivid picture of Khoikhoi tribes on the brink of settler-colonial genocide
It is a dishonest evasion to excuse the horrors of the Iranian regime on the grounds that some of its Western accusers have a tainted human rights record
Russia’s botched war of neo-colonial conquest in Ukraine, and Vladimir Putin’s mendacious justifications for it, bear the closest resemblance in our age to Hitler’s campaign for Lebensraum
The founder of Black Consciousness kept evolving; by the time of his terrible death he was moving away from hard-line racial isolationism. DREW FORREST traces his development in a seminal collection of writings
Christianity tells us to worry about hellfire; Bob Marley tells us ‘Don’t worry about a thing’. Drew Forrest looks at the Jamaican singer’s timeless appeal
There are reasons not to emigrate or join the Little Trek back to the Cape Colony
A public art team aims to roll back the squalor and spiritual deformity of downtown Johannesburg. Its latest project looks for meaning in a senseless murder
Some scholars have argued that gender-based violence has an evolutionary root, a controversial view of a universal problem
With the passing of Elizabeth II, the monarchy is set to lose credibility, visibility and popular appeal, according to recent polls