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Brazen theft: When a political formation that played no role in the armed struggle adopts the MK name and symbols, it is more than confusion, argues the writer. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS AIC

The ANC’s heritage under siege

Others go as far as attempting to steal the very names and symbols that belong to the ANC and its fallen heroes

  • Cornelius Monama
9 min read
As developed countries grapple with the effects of low births and ageing populations, many have pointed to Africa’s youth as a source of its future economic might. Photo by Robert Wallis/Corbis via Getty Images)
CUBA

How Cuba is eradicating child mortality and diseases of the poor

To move from 59 infant deaths out of every 1000 live births in one of the poorest regions of the island to none in the matter of a few decades is an extraordinary feat

  • Vijay Prashad
  • Manolo De Los Santos
6 min read
Diego Maradona head coach of Mandiyú gestures during a match between River Plate and Mandiyú as part of Torneo Apertura 1994 on November 20, 1994 at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo by El Grafico/Getty Images)
ARGENTINA

The political life of Diego Maradona

The icon who died on 25 November 2020 was more than just the greatest footballer of all time. From Argentina to Palestine he represented the experiences of the outsider, the…

  • Niren Tolsi
14 min read
Reinaldo Arenas in France in June 1988. The writer believed homosexuality began to flourish in Cuba as a protest against Fidel Castro’s regime. (Louis Monier/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images)
BEFORE NIGHT FALLS

‘Before Night Falls’: Reinaldo Arenas breaks down (in) Fidel Castro’s Cuba

Reinaldo Arenas’s memoir reveals the contradiction of a revolutionary society ruled by an autocrat

  • Percy Zvomuya
11 min read
Chris Hani should not be made into an ideal type or used to settle political scores in the present.
ADOLPH REED JR

Chris Hani’s political legacy

Chris Hani should not be made into an ideal type or used to settle political scores in the present

  • Sean Jacobs
3 min read
Russia and China remain allies, but neither has shown willingness to subsidise the country’s economy in the way the former Soviet Union did for 30 years. (Reuters)
CUBA

Cuba celebrates 60 years of revolution amid challenges and change

For the first time since 1976, Cuba’s president is not a Castro

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read
Moerane Commission report tabled in KZN legislature (Photo Archive)
BARACK OBAMA

Cuba’s new president: What to expect

Miguel Díaz-Canel, a Communist Party loyalist, is expected to succeed Raúl Castro as president of Cuba, but will this change bring prosperity?

  • Staff Reporter
6 min read
The trend of voluntourism has come about partly through initiatives by large-scale
COMMUNISM

​How far Castro’s revolution had come

He outlived his great comrade and compañero Che Guevara by a little over 49 years, but now Fidel Castro is dead.

  • Daryl Accone
3 min read
EFF
Video

WATCH LIVE: EFF holds memorial service for Fidel Castro

The Cuban Revolution icon died on November 25.

  • Staff Reporter
The Springboks will be hoping to erase the memories of the 2016 year-end tour horror show when they take on giant slayers Ireland on Saturday
ANC

SACP: Free South Africa from Guptas and Ruperts to protect the country’s sovereignty

SACP deputy general secretary Solly Mapaila also lauded the achievements of late Cuban Revolution icon Fidel Castro.

  • Govan Whittles
2 min read
A brick house: Zaza Hlalethwa
CUBA

Qhawe lamaqhawe!: Read President Zuma’s moving tribute to Fidel Castro

President Zuma attended the funeral of former Cuban president Fidel Castro, where he delivered a graceful tribute.

  • Staff Reporter
6 min read
Some Malagasy are taking steps to prevent infection as the pneumonic plague spreads rapidly in urban areas across Madagascar.
ANGELINA JOLIE

#CulturePop: This our year of users and abusers

False prophets and profiting off the pain of others are among the things trending, observes Kuntha Ndimande.

  • Kuntha Ndimande
4 min read
‘Although these stories are important and need to be told
CUBA

How Fidel Castro changed Cuba: A small island at the centre of the world

Love him or loathe him, the Cuban leader’s legacy cannot be denied.

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
For many in South Africa though
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

History will absolve me: A tribute to Fidel Castro

History will always judge people differently based on who is writing it writes Ahmed Kathrada

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
‘Although these stories are important and need to be told
FIDEL CASTRO
Video

I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross: Fidel Castro in his own words

The bearded revolutionary is no more but his verve showcased in his speeches, lives on

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read