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Apartheid

Farewell to Azania’s everyman literary icon Don Mattera
Opinion
/ 21 July 2022

Farewell to Azania’s everyman literary icon Don Mattera

The poet, writer, artist and activist, who made rubbish of race, left his mark on all aspects of our lives

By Hugo ka Canham
Explore Joburg art galleries with Thabo the Tourist
Friday
/ 1 July 2022

Explore Joburg art galleries with Thabo the Tourist

Experience Rosebank’s Art Mile with Thabo Jacob Modise, aka Thabo The Tourist

By Tshegofatso Mathe
Expand the public service, especially in healthcare and education
Business
/ 24 June 2022

Expand the public service, especially in healthcare and education

The state has to employ another one million people to match international standards

By Duma Gqubule
OPINION| Liliesleaf Farm is a vital part of South Africa’s history that needs to be preserved
Opinion
/ 16 June 2022

OPINION| Liliesleaf Farm is a vital part of South Africa’s history that needs to be preserved

The secret headquarters of the anti-apartheid struggle and the events that took place there in the early 1960s hold stories well worth sharing

By David Saks
To jubilee or not, that is the question
Opinion
/ 3 June 2022

To jubilee or not, that is the question

The cost of the UK queen’s jubilee festivities has been absorbed by the taxpayer – an estimated £28-million, or R544,5-million

By Jonathan Erasmus
What is at the root of white anxiety in post-apartheid South Africa?
Opinion
/ 22 May 2022

What is at the root of white anxiety in post-apartheid South Africa?

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

By Andile Zulu
Stellenbosch faculty abhors incident of student urinating on a peer’s belongings
Opinion
/ 20 May 2022

Stellenbosch faculty abhors incident of student urinating on a peer’s belongings

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Stellenbosch University says the past cannot be undone but it will work to resist its legacy

By Anthony Leysens, Lindy Heinecken and Vasti Roodt
Those who attack funerals self-identify as pariahs
Opinion
/ 19 May 2022

Those who attack funerals self-identify as pariahs

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

By Mamphela Ramphele and Niclas Kjellström-Matseke
Finding Alkebulan in Africa’s best museums
Friday
/ 18 May 2022

Finding Alkebulan in Africa’s best museums

To celebrate International Museum Day, we look at10 culturally-relevant museums in African

By Eli Osei
Jews are not obliged to support Zionism and the policies of the Israeli government
Opinion
/ 13 May 2022

Jews are not obliged to support Zionism and the policies of the Israeli government

One cannot choose one’s race or nationality, but one can choose one’s political views and live by those choices

By Mervyn Bennun
Why art and creativity is a crucial part of (in)formal education
Friday
/ 21 April 2022

Why art and creativity is a crucial part of (in)formal education

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

By Khehla Chepape Makgato
The Rashid Lombard Archive is where it’s happening
Friday
/ 19 April 2022

The Rashid Lombard Archive is where it’s happening

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.

By Niren Tolsi
Operation Dudula, Afrophobia and the quest for human rights
Africa
/ 29 March 2022

Operation Dudula, Afrophobia and the quest for human rights

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

By Vusi Gumbi
The ICC should speedily investigate the crime against humanity of apartheid in Palestine
Opinion
/ 28 March 2022

The ICC should speedily investigate the crime against humanity of apartheid in Palestine

Apartheid as a crime against humanity has reached customary international law status, which means that it is law that is considered binding on states under international law even if a state has not ratified an applicable treaty prohibiting apartheid

By Shehnaz Seria
South Africa can damn Putin and stay non-aligned in the West
Opinion
/ 24 March 2022

South Africa can damn Putin and stay non-aligned in the West

South Africa’s silence on Russian aggression is a blot on its commitment to international law and our country’s history

By Mzukisi Qobo
Sex and censor-bility
National
/ 17 March 2022

Sex and censor-bility

Showmax’s ‘Sex in Afrikaans’ explores the continued taboo of representing sex in the Afrikaans language

By Marnell Kirsten
Former model C schools need to employ more Black teachers
Education
/ 4 March 2022

Former model C schools need to employ more Black teachers

Having Black teachers in the classrooms of what are commonly still considered ‘white schools’ would not only be beneficial to Black learners, but to learners of all races

By Awethu Fatyela
The current infatuation with portraiture has colonial roots
Friday
/ 2 March 2022

The current infatuation with portraiture has colonial roots

However, contemporary artists such as Cinga Samson, Zanele Muholi and Mohau Modisakeng found a liberating ally in self-portraiture

By Percy Mabandu
Open Letter to President Thabo Mbeki – Recommitting ourselves to nation building
Opinion
/ 9 February 2022

Open Letter to President Thabo Mbeki – Recommitting ourselves to nation building

‘We will engage in a rugged struggle to ensure that all those who are implicated in the State Capture report are brought to book’

By Kefentse Mkhari
Israel’s propaganda cannot erase that it is an apartheid state
Opinion
/ 7 February 2022

Israel’s propaganda cannot erase that it is an apartheid state

Israel is scaling up its information war ahead of a UNHRC session at the end of February that will table a report into last year’s bombing of Gaza

By Vijay Prashad
South Africa is home to a culture of transphobia
Opinion
/ 17 January 2022

South Africa is home to a culture of transphobia

Two M&G articles defending trans-exclusionary views draw on the insidious anti-trans rhetoric flourishing in the UK, but ignore our country’s constitutional protections

By Cassandra Roxburgh
A giant of the anti-apartheid movement has fallen
Opinion
/ 14 January 2022

A giant of the anti-apartheid movement has fallen

Bhamjee’s selfless dedication to the struggle against injustice is an inspiration for us all

By K V ( Keller) Moodley
Lest we forget Tutu’s anger, and our own faces
Opinion
/ 11 January 2022

Lest we forget Tutu’s anger, and our own faces

The hardest part of reckoning is the reckoning and where the archbishop is resented it is not for the ways in which the TRC failed but those in which it succeeded and brought an unfathomable past into a flawed present, writes Elisha Kunene.

By Elisha Kunene
Tembeka Ngcukaitobi: The ANC’s inertia on land could be the betrayal of its founding principles
Opinion
/ 8 January 2022

Tembeka Ngcukaitobi: The ANC’s inertia on land could be the betrayal of its founding principles

The party’s founders focused it’s mission on the problem of the day – land – which remains a central issue. Yet, since 1994, the ANC has been hesitant and timid in resolving the land question.

By Tembeka Ngcukaitobi
The early ANC: Leadership steeped in intellectual curiosity
Politics
/ 8 January 2022

The early ANC: Leadership steeped in intellectual curiosity

Only the educated elite could have established the African National Congress, but the party needs to correct its course

By Mcebisi Ndletyana
Editorial: Will the ANC see its next milestone?
Editorial
/ 6 January 2022

Editorial: Will the ANC see its next milestone?

How much more time does the ANC have before losing the country? It’s the question of the next decade, or for the next two years, as the 2024 general election looms.

By Editorial
Editorial: We have reason to hope for better days
Editorial
/ 15 December 2021

Editorial: We have reason to hope for better days

Despite our dalliances with the “end of the world” narratives, we are still here.

By Editorial
The bleak shelter of Yellow Shade
Friday
/ 11 December 2021

The bleak shelter of Yellow Shade

Dimakatso Sedite’s poems emerge from the shattered futures of South Africa’s townships

By Kwanele Sosibo
Editorial: Constitutional Amendment Bill on land is a spectacular and expected failure
Editorial
/ 9 December 2021

Editorial: Constitutional Amendment Bill on land is a spectacular and expected failure

When the ANC introduced the Amendment Bill, it must have been apparent it would lose, having failed to secure an agreement with any other party beforehand

By Editorial
Why many people are rejecting De Klerk’s post-death apology
Opinion
/ 22 November 2021

Why many people are rejecting De Klerk’s post-death apology

What can one fix with an 85-year-old white man whose apology to black people only surfaced after he is dead? The answer is nothing

By Bukelani Mboniswa
White South Africans must not follow De Klerk’s example and apologise for apartheid but commit to restoration
Opinion
/ 16 November 2021

White South Africans must not follow De Klerk’s example and apologise for apartheid but commit to restoration

The problem with a racial superiority complex is that it does not come to an end with the abolishment of discriminatory laws but finds its expression informally

By Siyabulela Tsengiwe
Miss South Africa mum after losing government’s support over Miss Universe event held in Israel
National
/ 15 November 2021

Miss South Africa mum after losing government’s support over Miss Universe event held in Israel

Lalela Mswane and the Miss SA organisers have not responded to the announcement by the sports, arts and culture department that the government has withdrawn its support for the pageant

By Eyaaz Matwadia
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