An imaginative reflection on South Africa in the 1800s sketched around the life of the country’s first native female university graduate
Nelson Mandela once said that the Palestine issue is the greatest moral question of our time …
A reflection on the inspiration of Sindiwe Magona to go into an essay collection as she turns 80
The archbishop was a ‘strong tree’ who made life’s journey more bearable, writes Zubeida Jaffer.
His blanket apology did not cast him as a man of principle but as a man of cowardice
In 1902 she fought for emancipation, including that of women, and was the first black South African to graduate with a BSc
This book is a must read for those seeking to understand an important worldview that no longer remains hidden in the sands of the desert
The world’s business leaders gather to shape a financial system that enriches them, causing financial crises and increasing the inequality gap.
Why a book on Charlotte Maxeke? Zubeida Jaffer explains how this extraordinary woman should be remembered in South Africa today.
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/ 9 February 2007
Birth, death, love and taxes are said to be the only constants in life, but one more thing could be added: a Robert Mugabe Cabinet. One would like to think that Stan Made — a man who has presided over the near-death of Zimbabwe’s agriculture sector since the start of the land invasions — would be relieved of his duties and packed off to a place where he has nothing at all to do with anything.