During the Easter Triduum, we reflect on Christ’s resurrection, finding in it a timeless call to justice, hope, and shared humanity beyond the grave
One writer’s journey through activism and grief led him back to the altar — on his own terms
The former Gauteng premier said the ANC, not Jacob Zuma, was the true custodian of the uMkhonto weSizwe brand
The Jacob Zuma-backed party will be facing off in the electoral court on Tuesday against the ANC, which is trying to have it deregistered
Warsaw and Pretoria appear to be poles apart when it comes to the war between Russia and Ukraine
Can the South African Communist Party exist effectively and independently of the ANC?
Can the South African Communist Party exist effectively and independently?
Chris Hani’s daughter Lindiwe Hani has learnt to not be buried by his assassination 30 years ago but to draw strength from the way he lived his life
Amílcar Cabral was assassinated 50 years ago today. His thought, which sometimes arrived in South Africa via a circuitous route, speaks to our current crisis with undiminished power.
Chris Hani’s killer was released after recovering from being stabbed by a fellow prisoner
The man who murdered Chris Hani is receiving medical care after an attack three days before his court-ordered release on parole
Home affairs said an exemption had been granted to the man who killed Chris Hani to remain as parole conditions would not be imposed in his native country
The General Council of the Bar said criticism of rulings should be voiced with deference to the judiciary
There is no taste of presidential power for presidential hopefuls Lindiwe Sisulu or Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma — now or in December
The court held that the latest decision of the justice ministry in 2020 to deny Chris Hani’s murderer parole was irrational
The ANC in Eastern Cape will hold an urgent provincial working committee meeting to discuss postponing its long-awaited conference.
Veteran broadcaster Noxolo Grootboom talks to Denvor de Wee about her childhood in the rural Eastern Cape, the day her neighbour Chris Hani was murdered and the secret to her ageless beauty
The youth of South Africa need to heed these role models to rise up to the challenges that face them
Polish anti-racism groups grow more concerned as the image of Chris Hani’s killer becomes normalised, with Janusz Walus’s likeness and name displayed on products for sale on a Naspers-owned website
Frank B Wilderson discusses ‘Afropessimism’, his memoir that analyses structural violence
Chris Hani should not be made into an ideal type or used to settle political scores in the present
Justice minister says granting parole would negate the severity ascribed to the murder by the court when the assassin was sentenced
Nelson Mandela’s release from prison was also South Africa’s first ‘media event’. And, despite the NP’s, and the SABC’s, attempt to control the narrative, the force of Madiba’s personality meant that he emerged as a celebrity
Behind JM Coetzee, the writer lauded for his ‘wonderfully brave, bold mind’ , is John Coetzee, the quiet man
The SACP is not building socialism, or even social democracy. Sadly, it has become just another party advancing the politics of patronage
No one knows how many Ethiopians are in South Africa — but Abiy knows he needs their support
It is a leap to claim that identity-based oppressions necessitate a politics of identity
This year the ANC Youth League is to elect its new leadership
Janusz Walus is expected to return to the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday morning to once again apply for parole
April has become a significant month for the struggle
Historians may struggle to pick Zola Skweyiya’s greatest political legacy, because there are several contenders
The New Science Lecture Theatre is to be renamed the Chris Hani Lecture Theatre in honour of Hani’s contribution to South Africa’s democracy