In the ruins of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, Nelson Gashagaza survived by becoming someone else’s child. In this two-part series as Rwanda commemorates Kwibuka32, he tells a personal story on a performed kinship, ordinary horror and the meaning of belonging
But as they mourn, remember and reflect on their past, Rwandans are building their country into one of the continent’s shining examples of what can be done when the people unite and put national interest at the core of their lives
The US-Israel war on Iran is disrupting oil trade, pushing up petrol prices and raising concerns over the growing use of religion to justify war
He fought tooth and nail so that the transatlantic slave trade should not repeat itself anywhere, where our people faced brutal conditions and many lost their lives
The Trump administration’s exclusion of South Africa from G20 meetings comes after its recent successful hosting of the bloc’s annual leaders’ summit despite Washington’s boycott
The UN special rapporteur said her report identifies 48 entities linked to ‘displacement and replacement’, a policy she says has taken Palestinians off their land
The UN special rapporteur will present her report “Gaza Genocide: Collective Crime” to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, from Cape Town
Delivering the annual Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, the UN special rapporteur said the laws created to stop states from destroying each other were now being used to justify that destruction
The UN envoy says South Africa is central to the global fight against the genocide in Gaza
Given the close comparison between apartheid and the challenges faced by Palestinians, the government must be called upon to lead the quest for justice
Millions have been displaced, millions more are starving and hundreds of thousands are dead, but Africa remains silent
Countries around the world are increasingly turning against Israel and its aggression in the Middle East. South Africa’s unions and citizens must join in solidarity with Palestinians
The Cape Town Holocaust and Genocide Centre and Jewish Board of Deputies are failing to fulfil their mandates
The Holocaust should serve as a universal warning against genocide. Instead it is invoked to sanitise Israel’s persecution of Palestinians
As Archbishop Desmond Tutu said, ‘If you are neutral in the face of suffering, you are on the side of the oppressor’
The Israeli government, politicians and military have stated that all transfers of humanitarian aid – food, equipment, fuel, electricity and water – to Gaza must be stopped
The grouping, made up of Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Malaysia, Namibia, Senegal and South Africa, is a challenge to the West on Israel’s war in Gaza
From Nuremberg to The Hague and Rwanda to Gaza, author traces the relentless pursuit of justice for humanity’s darkest crimes
The scene in the Oval Office reflected the apartheid of the excessively wealthy, supported by Big Tech that peddles lies of white genocide, and the poor
Countries such as Uganda, South Sudan and the DRC must learn from the devastating 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
The genocidal state asks the West for help to fight the fires while its military burns children and adults alive in Gaza.
As humanitarian needs soar, provisional measures are needed for the full cessation of hostilities in Gaza.
As the US president rapidly escalates pressure on South Africa in the name of white citizens, we must stand up for reason and principle
Making America Great Again is the personification of narcissistic censure to maintain dominance. We need to build solidarity and safety in the face of geno/ecocides, hate and state repression
Israel is using water as a weapon of war in Gaza
Israeli ambassador Ron Prosor’s description of Hamas militants as ‘bloodthirsty animals’ is dehumanising and is conferred on all Palestinians
This excerpt is from the recently published book, The Black Atlantic’s Triple Burden: Slavery, Colonialism and Reparations (Johannesburg: Jacana, 2024)
Unified action led by states must follow South Africa’s stand against Israel to stop the killings in Gaza and Western-backed impunity
While Benjamin Netanyahu keeps boasting about having defeated Hamas and gleefully claiming that it is not a threat, his soldiers continue their killing spree under his orders
Right-wing German journalists have been snitching on pro-Palestine artists, academics and curators for ‘anti-Semitism’
Media groups urge action to protect those risking their lives to document the crisis in Gaza
SA-born artist Candice Breitz has designed a collection of T-shirts, sweatshirts and a tote bag titled Never Again Means Never Again