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Emery Mwazulu Diyabanza: Liberating Africa from land of liberté

Africa Samira Sawlani - 25 Oct 2020

The cultural and political activist is on a quest to bring looted treasures back home

Omar Badsha: Recording the roles of the ordinary

Friday Niren Tolsi - 17 Sep 2020

Saho’s Omar Badsha believes in the power of people telling their own stories, but more funding to support this practice is crucial

Achmat Dangor: On writing and change

Friday Andries Walter Oliphant - 12 Sep 2020

Celebrated author and political activist Achmat Dangor died on Sunday at the age of 71. Here, in a 1990 interview published in Staffrider, he speaks to Andries Walter Oliphant about his work and aspects of South African literature and culture

Searching for justice in the war on womxn’s bodies

Opinion Gabriel Hoosain Khan - 9 Sep 2020

In a world defined by gendered violence, what can we do differently?

Eusebius McKaiser: What happens if we accept Ramaphosa is a monumental disappointment?

Opinion Eusebius McKaiser - 27 Aug 2020

We cannot divorce President Cyril Ramaphosa from the ANC. Now it’s up to citizens to organise for change and mobilise against corruption

How eSwatini silences opposition activists

Africa Nimrod Mabuza - 27 Aug 2020

Activists in the Kingdom of eSwatini are routinely arrested on vague and flimsy charges

Dancer and queer rights activist Kirvan Fortuin’s final farewell

Friday Carl Collison - 1 Jul 2020

The slain dancer and choreographer was so much more than an internationally celebrated artist. They were also a proud queer rights activist and a beloved child and friend

Online allyship: a broken game of do like I do

Friday Zaza Hlalethwa - 17 Jun 2020

The idea of displaying solidarity by posting a black square on Instagram hijacked the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag with a performative display of allyship

Sex workers abandoned as Covid-19 crackdowns undo Africa’s HIV efforts

Africa Lydia Namubiru, Khatondi Soita Wepukhulu & Kerry Cullinan - 4 Jun 2020

Controlling Covid-19 may worsen Africa’s HIV epidemic by stopping state and civil society health services built up over 35 years

“I was just running along with police as they dragged her”

Africa Simon Allison - 26 May 2020

Sumy Sadurni describes the photo she captured of Stella Nyanzi being arrested by police in Kampala

Who’s afraid of Greta Thunberg?

Article Svenja Blanke - 20 Dec 2019

Some say the teenager is being manipulated, others say her solutions are unrealistic and undemocratic. But her words have mobilised people

A life of poetic activism

Article Zaza Hlalethwa & Kwanele Sosibo - 14 Nov 2019

Sandile Dikeni was a writer who continuously confronted what it means to be South African

Students: Fighting for rights since 1968

Article Anne Heffernan - 3 May 2019

Long before #FeesMustFall and #RhodesMustFall, Turfloop gave birth to a history-altering movement

Underground railroad carries women and children

Analysis Staff Reporter - 6 Mar 2019

A network of strangers supports those trying to escape gender-based violence

Rights violated ahead of poll in Mozambique

Article David Matsinhe - 22 Feb 2019

The lead-up to the election has been characterised by disturbing developments in Cabo Delgado province in the north

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Durban city manager says NPA erred in his bail conditions

des erasmus - 28 Oct 2020

The corruption-fraught metro is coming to grips with having a municipal manager who is on bail for graft, yet has returned to work

National

SA justice delays extradition of paedophile to UK

Sarah Smit - 27 Oct 2020

Efforts to bring Lee Nigel Tucker to justice have spanned 16 years and his alleged victims have waited for 30 years

Coronavirus

Johannesburg cannot police its future

Matthew Wilhelm solomon - 27 Oct 2020

South Africa’s biggest city is ground zero for debates about the long-term effectiveness and constitutionality of militarised urban policing and how we imagine the post-Covid city

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Itec serves up high-tech integrated surveillance system for family food company

special reports - 27 Oct 2020

The system includes facial recognition software and a thermal screening solution that will provide instant temperature screening of all employees

Special Reports

Transport Month

[email protected] - 23 Oct 2020

An infrastructure-led recovery will help to stimulate demand in the South African economy, which is vital post the Covid-19 pandemic

Special Reports

Limpopo’s Economic Recovery Plan to fight Covid-19 impact

special reports - 23 Oct 2020

Billions have been set aside to help farmers and industries get back on their feet as part of the Limpopo Socio-Economic Recovery Plan

Special Reports

Disrupt the corrupt

special reports - 22 Oct 2020

Whistle-blowers should be seen as real heroes in the fight against corruption and we need a change in culture for this to happen

Special Reports

Corporates: A force for good for a sustainable future

special reports - 20 Oct 2020

In order to see people and nature thrive what is required is a strong focus on partnerships – we cannot act alone anymore

Special Reports

Combatting wildlife crime in Southern Africa activity annual programme statement (APS) No. 04

special reports - 20 Oct 2020

Concept papers are sought for implementating activities, for a multi-faceted programme that aims to reduce poaching and illegal trade in wildlife

Special Reports

The financial decisions made during your life journey, and their impact on your retirement outcome

special reports - 19 Oct 2020

The longer you save towards retirement the larger your retirement savings are expected to be due to the effect of compounding interest

Special Reports

In conversation with SA Reserve Bank Governer, Lesetja Kganyago

special reports - 16 Oct 2020

'Make interest rates zero and inflation goes up and then people save less – we need savings to fund investment in this country'