The commodification of basic services is to blame for the current appalling situation
Tilana Stander says she has not spoken to her father for years but helped the Timol Foundation find him
Shacks have increased by 204.7% and gated houses by 248.8%, showing a widening gap in the kinds of homes built in the country’s most populous province
João Rodrigues, who is accused of murdering anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol in police custody in 1971, will stand trial in 2019
As global uncertainty increases, so the Republic of China’s future becomes more uncertain
The Victims of Crime Survey for 2015-2016, released by Statistics South Africa, shows that South Africans are generally reluctant to report crime
Former apartheid cop Joao Rodrigues is yet to face trial for his alleged role in the death of Ahmed Timol 47 years ago
The president said the government would assist the community by developing their ability to create sustainable income and jobs from the land
A new book on public interest litigation sets the stage for a more informed debate on the topic
Jail and laws against hate crimes and speech alone cannot rid South Africa of this prejudice
The National Prosecuting Authority will reopen the inquest into the death of Dr Hoosen Haffejee, who died in police custody in 1977
Immigrants self-identify differently – and they can help their new country become truly nonracial
A pre-trial hearing into the torture and murder of anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol is set down for Tuesday
A clan’s claim to prime areas of the capital has been dogged by controversy
In this Sound Africa podcast, Candice Nolan tries to find the answers she is looking for by looking in an old bible
‘The unrepentant violence of white ignorance has consequences for people of colour that are continually overlooked,’ writes Kopano Maroga
In the 1980s, the apartheid state imposed successive states of emergency, including censorship of the media
‘Class, in other words, is much more than just one aspect of the social complex,’ writes one of our readers
‘Nazi Germany and apartheid South Africa dwell in my mind as I try to understand our histories, our now and our possible futures’
The Union of South Africa and the women struggle for visibility in the courts
As Mandela said, education is the most potent weapon we have to create a truly free and equal South Africa
Khoi Revivalists denounce racist groups using its name and want the apartheid category eliminated
Rodrigues appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on charges of murder and defeating the ends of justice
Almost 46 years since his death, the high court last year found that Timol died at the hands of apartheid security branch police while in detention
This is the story of a man and his mother, set in the transition years between the old and the new South Africa
The dangerous re-ethnicisation of SA politics must be stopped lest it lead to the same ethnonationalism that caused bloodshed in Rwanda and Yugoslavia
We need to move towards refining our understanding of the causes behind structural and racialised inequality
Michael Richman’s career was closely linked with those who suffered the injustices of apartheid
History needs to focus on historical consciousness if students are to become capable of dealing with South Africa’s social problems
Apartheid has been removed from the statute books for almost three decades. But a de facto apartheid endures both economically and socially
This is the second episode in the new Sound Africa series “Re-visits.”
The veteran photographer who ‘captured the full brutality of apartheid oppression’ died over the weekend