Colonisers. Aliens. Invasive. Cause damage. Threaten. The language of xenophobia is also applied to plants.
The two nations have a significant post-colonial parallel: Widely lauded success followed by economic and political chaos.
Readers write in about colonialism, and Helen Zille.
Readers write in about colonialism, and the Cape water crisis.
Readers write in about Helen Zille, and colonialism.
Mmusi Maimane faces the very real prospect of losing face as party leader if he doesn’t discipline his former boss, insiders say.
On Tuesday, the premier bemoaned the reaction to "her statement of fact".
Readers write in about colonialism, Swaziland, overconsumption, Jacob Zuma, and abortion.
The DA leader said the Western Cape premier had been referred to a disciplinary hearing after she tweeted that colonialism wasn’t entirely bad.
Senzeni Marasela’s uses depictions of Sarah Baartment to rid us of colonialism and racism.
Why does the country expect Zille to apologise for who she is when she has shown countless times what she thinks? asks Mondli Zondo.
There’s no escape for those who are responsible for colonial subjugation and dispossession.
South Africa is another example of post-colonial optimism being tempered by reality’s bitter pill.
Readers write in about state capture, whiteness, the ‘colonial literary system’, and the Kardashians.
Human Rights Day, called Sharpeville Day by some, was marked by politicians’ speaking on the subject across the country.
Mr Chancellor, you canvassed only imperialist beneficiaries about whether the statue of Cecil Rhodes should stay, writes Carina Venter.
The plunderers of Europe didn’t develop the colonies – the colonies developed Europe.
While one reader sees Islam as an ‘aggressive religion’, another blames the West for the damage caused by colonialism – and scapegoating Muslims.
Cameron’s real basis for handouts is not altruism or slavery guilt, but a bid to regain relevance and geopolitical capital in the Caribbean.
Is there a place for Shakespeare in African schools, or is his time long past?
Former president Thabo Mbeki says education was the centre of African development after colonialism, but that has changed.
The question of the so-called "coloured vote" has bubbled to the surface of discussions centred on the political landscape of the Western Cape.
A Chinese state-owned newspaper says the West is facing the consequences for slavery and colonialism, following the attack on "Charlie Hebdo".
Zuma says China and SA relate to each other like brothers and sisters, unlike in Europe where African countries are treated as "a former subject".
The Economic Freedom Fighters are the only party truly set on redressing apartheid inequalities, and through that whites can finally find salvation.
We can learn from the Zanzibar uprising, which liberated people and freed the land, writes Andile Mngxitama.
Nelson Mandela’s life spanned the continent’s transition from colonialism to independence as the white powers that ruled it were forced out.
A deep look into history through stark studio portraits of South Africans.
Glenda Daniels asks if it is the adoption of English that gives us the "grammar" of colonialism.
Because the LGBTI movement lacks a radical anti-colonial framework, its concerns have often been hijacked by the West, writes Andile Mngxitama.
The time has come to debate the assumption of academic freedom that universities hold dear .
The DA’s reminder that a greater range of organisations and people were engaged in the fight against apartheid is timely, writes Richard Jurgens.