For the first time since the 1960s, anti-imperialism is back on the US left’s agenda. South Africa should follow suit
The world must act now because the food system is broken and families from Mozambique to Ireland don’t know where their next meal will come from
Millennials are actively supporting businesses with sound ESG principles, and boycotting those without
Born in Zambia and raised in Botswana, the songwriter’s career is coming into full bloom in South Africa
There are still too few top positions filled by black leaders – we need to work tirelessly to change that
While the effects of racism on the body are still coming into fuller view, the information is enough to eclipse outdated nature vs nurture debates
These artworks would sell well online, but lesser-known artists might struggle. Photos: Courtesy Sanlam Art Collection
US President Donald Trump may have less than a fortnight left in office, but he’s not done yet — he may well be remembered for destroying the Republican party
The anti-Black Lives Matter backlash in South Africa highlights the growing ideological convergence between the far right and conservatives
Mail & Guardian pictures editor Paul Botes presents some of the most striking images
of 2020
According to Google, the top trending “how to help” searches were: how to help Australia fires, how to help Black Lives Matter, how to help during coronavirus and how to help Beirut
As war drums beat again in Ethiopia, author Maaza Mengiste finds new language to memorialise the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
The aid worker allegedly called his security guard a ‘slave’
COMMENT: For this gay, white soldier there simply isn’t a good enough challenger to knock him off his perch
COMMENT: My sons, I weep because Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who fought gender discrimination, has died and Donald Trump, under whom hardwon victories have been eroded, wants to be elected president again
In 1961, Bill Russell led his fellow Boston Celtics in refusing to play in an NBA game in protest of systemic racism. It happened again on Wednesday.
Emmerson Mnangagwa has accused ‘dark forces’ of destabilising the country
Economically disadvantaged students suffer most from disrupted education, but they also have the most to contribute to lessening inequality when we build the new normal
Not all police officers are guilty of killing criminals who cross their path, writes SAPS spokesperson Brigadier Vish Naidoo.
The protests that have taken place in the United States confront the racialised edifice that built the modern world
A project by Global Africa Lab explores the future of Black neighbourhoods affected by gentrification in New York City
Although Africans must continue to support the Black Lives Matter movement, there is also the need for them to raise their voices against injustices in other African countries
The live magic may be gone, but the National Arts Festival showcases some exhilarating work
Anti-racism and political contagion from Save Darfur to Black Lives Matter
The 2020 winner of the PEN Pinter Prize, LKJ’s poetry puts the ignominy and hardship of the black experience in Britain front and centre in words that echo across the decades
Tshegofatso Mathe spoke to people in the South African business world about structural racism in our economy, and what must be done to overcome it
What do Covid-19, the killing of George Floyd and the toppling of statues express about the human condition at this time of disease-anxiety and global economic recession?
Amadou Diallo, a Guinean man, was killed by NYPD officers 21 years ago. Today protesters still invoke his name as they fight for justice
White supremacy must be held to account if systemic anti-blackness is to be rooted out of society
What does the decade-old “Congo-case,” involving two Norwegian mercenaries, tell us about residue coloniality in Scandinavia?
Like all of us, Derek Davey is trying to put on a brave face as we live through a once-in-a-life-time disaster
The #Black Lives Matter, #RhodesMustFall and #FeesMustFall movements show that democracy cannot happen without decolonisation