The lost story of the Harvard government professor, Samuel P Huntington’s strategies from across the equator
Tembeka Ngcukaitobi commemorates the 45th anniversary of the death of Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe
A new book argues that this is not the South Africa women fought for
As a country, our struggling economy is hitched to both the prospects of the East and the West. Being frozen out by any of them, would be punishing for all
Sport can be a powerful force for good but in the wrong hands it can also be used help normalise hatred
It is incomprehensible that some would claim we flourished under oppression, just because we had better roads and electricity
There are tens of thousands of South Africans carrying a dagga possession criminal record since the 2018 decriminalisation
The government was advised by Eskom executives to invest in infrastructure to replace old power plants and to meet increased demand
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House of Bondage: The book that shocked the world
Bulelwa Mabasa tells the story of how her love for land reform and justice is tied to her family and upbringing
Juby Mayet did something no ‘Malay girl had ever done’ in reporting for a ‘naytiff paper’. Her memoir tells her story
Castigating, rather than encouraging, business leaders when they advocate for harsh interventions sets us all back
Drunk on hubris, the UK’s Tory party has followed a populist path to instability. The ANC and its opposition peers follow a similar path
That we live in a world where the far right has become normalised should ring alarm bells
Capital markets are no longer falling over themselves to fund our electricity generation, but South Africa’s leaders should have acted with urgency years ago
The boundaries and jurisdictions of high courts in Transkei Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei have never been changed
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Lensman Mbuzeni Zulu’s subjects ranged from black popular culture to bloody unrest
The ANC, heads to this weekend’s policy conference more concerned with pushing back on attempts to improve governance than finding solutions to the many structural fault lines that have been so crudely exposed by our economic deterioration since the outbreak of the pandemic
Municipality guilty of discrimination as townships run dry while middle-class suburbs are unaffected by the crisis
The poet, writer, artist and activist, who made rubbish of race, left his mark on all aspects of our lives
Experience Rosebank’s Art Mile with Thabo Jacob Modise, aka Thabo The Tourist
The state has to employ another one million people to match international standards
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The secret headquarters of the anti-apartheid struggle and the events that took place there in the early 1960s hold stories well worth sharing
The cost of the UK queen’s jubilee festivities has been absorbed by the taxpayer – an estimated £28-million, or R544,5-million
Some white people think any discussion of racism or its legacy is an attempt to shame or condemn them for the ‘sin’ of their whiteness
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Stellenbosch University says the past cannot be undone but it will work to resist its legacy
What happens in Israel and Palestine does not affect Israelis and Palestinians, alone. It fuels a global fault-line of mistrust, suspicion, intolerance and violence
To celebrate International Museum Day, we look at10 culturally-relevant museums in African
One cannot choose one’s race or nationality, but one can choose one’s political views and live by those choices
Arts education is critical, because it has the capacity to liberate learners from economic, social and political forces. What’s needed is funding, training and political will
With the induction last week of the Rashid Lombard Archive at the University of the Western Cape his photography and stories will soon be accessible to a new generation.
The ongoing Afrophobic behaviour in our country is misdirected anger and frustration at the fact that black South Africans still have to make do with welfare crumbs