The state once enforced exclusion through law, now racial inequality is decentralised and enforced by private actors through economics, technology, the law, capital and technology
The functions of traditional councils must be aligned with the Constitution and living customary law in South Africa
South Africa’s commitment to a foreign policy of non-alignment and Cyril Ramaphosa’s experience with negotiations to end apartheid serve as an example
South Africa may have attained political emancipation but economically the chains largely remain
A stage where South Africa’s truth and imagination have lived for 49 fearless years
Young people need to have discussions with their peers who have become apathetic and disengaged and volunteer in our communities to create a just society
South Africans know what it is like to be dehumanised, displaced and silenced and so it is important to support the Palestinians
There is no factual evidence that deindustrialisation, poverty, inequality and unemployment is caused by black economic empowerment, as argued by William Gumede
The 80th anniversary of WWII is an opportune moment to reflect on the future of justice in South Africa
Beneficiaries crying oppression are eating at the table apartheid set for them — and complaining when someone else is finally offered a chair
The president said the low growth was a function of the slow transfer of the means of production to black South Africans
When strongmen with nationalistic and populist tendencies begin to dominate politics, we should be worried.
These towns are not anomalies, they are barometers of how far South Africa still needs to go in confronting the unfinished business of its past.
UN report finds discrimination against women in land and housing programmes
South Africa’s liberation struggle may have brought democracy, but it did not bring freedom
Many in the legal profession today continue to benefit from systems of exclusion they did not create, but from which they continue to draw advantage
One writer’s journey through activism and grief led him back to the altar — on his own terms
Land is more than a physical resource — it is the foundation of identity, freedom and dignity in places as far-flung as North America, Australia and New Zealand to Gaza, India and Brazil.
We must never forget the past injuries and injustices of apartheid.
The apartheid state used job reservation, quotas, selective procurement, import controls and industrial policy to advance working class Afrikaners
South Africa has lost a moral giant as the playwright who challenged injustice through art dies at 92
Omar Badsha’s journey from quiet observer to defiant artist in apartheid South Africa
The department of international relations and cooperation said the order failed to recognise South Africa’s ‘profound and painful history of colonialism and apartheid’
Three decades after his death the apartheid-era maverick photographer is still revealing himself
Biopic about the township entrepreneur weaves humour with inspiration
With both countries intent on keeping in check the ‘barbarians at the gate’, South Africa used its uranium reserves and Israeli technical support to develop its nuclear programme
His autobiography The Way Home is an account of the travails of life in exile
Summer Flowers, representing South Africa at the 15th Dakar Biennale, is an homage to author Bessie Head
This is an edited extract from My Radio Memory: Listening to the Listener, which is edited by Robin Sewlal, with articles by 100 contributors. This one is by the journalist, editor and media scholar Guy Berger
He was killed for fighting for freedom, justice and equality. What would he think of South Africa today?
Education’s role in fostering critical consciousness and political engagement has been side-lined in favour of a narrow focus on individual success and economic competitiveness
This would go a long way towards addressing historical injustices and shaping a better future for South Africans