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Pillay demands genocide trial for Netanyahu

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay has demanded that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu face trial over genocide allegations in Gaza, standing by the findings of the…

Class action: Thirteen claimants on behalf of 100 000 women and children are seeking compensation from Anglo American for lead poisoning emanating from Kabwe mine (above and left) in Zambia 
Photo (above): Gabriel Filippelli

Zambia’s poisoned children have waited long enough for justice. Africa needs to act

Decades of toxic lead waste in Kabwe, Zambia, continue to endanger generations of children, prompting a landmark complaint before the African Union’s child rights committee…

Calculated move: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump. No amount of Oval Office warmth changes the arithmetic and Netanyahu knows exactly how much defiance he can get away with. Photo:@nethanyah/X

SA condemns ICC sanctions as Trump and Israel attack Pillay

South Africa has voiced serious concern over sweeping US sanctions against the International Criminal Court as Donald Trump and Israel hit out at Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi…

Ten years after July 15, NATO still prefers silence over truth

As NATO's 32 member countries gather in Ankara for their 36th summit, hosted at Turkey's Presidential Complex, the event coincides with the tenth anniversary of Turkey's failed…

The country that forgot its own lesson: Xenophobia, memory and the pass book that never quite left

A powerful analysis of South Africa's deepening xenophobia, drawing parallels between current anti-migrant movements and the country's apartheid past. It explores how economic…

Are we proud of a nation where foreigners live in fear?

Hundreds of African refugees and asylum seekers are camped outside Durban's Refugee Reception Centre, living in fear of xenophobic attacks and a looming 'deadline'. This report…