Humanitarian Crisis
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The number one health issue in Palestine is the Israeli occupation
Dr Javid Abdelmoneim, International President of Doctors Without Borders (MSF), highlights how Israel's actions since October 2023 have systematically eroded Palestinians'…
Around 1 700 Malawian foreign nationals fleeing angry mob shelter in unsafe building
Terrified foreign nationals in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, have occupied an abandoned government building to escape anti-immigrant mobs, following the fatal beating of a…
SA xenophobia: Births, rising fury and the state’s deportation crackdown
A humanitarian crisis is escalating in Durban's Sherwood Hall transit camp, where thousands of undocumented Malawian nationals, including families like Mussa Peters', face dire…
Xenophobia sparks humanitarian crisis: 8000 gather at Durban transit site
Over 8000 Malawian nationals have gathered at Durban's Sherwood Community Hall, seeking repatriation after a wave of xenophobia and violence in South Africa. The situation is…
Tunisian film highlights the human cost of warmongering Israel
A hybrid of documentary and drama, The Voice of Hind Rajab brings the chilling real recordings of a child trapped in Gaza to the Joburg Film Festival
Gaza flotilla sails on despite attacks
Along with drone attacks, the fleet faces a political campaign to delegitimise it
Mozambique: Gas is not part of Africa’s solution to climate change
The effects of offshore gas projects contribute to a humanitarian crisis, and mainly only the companies and countries of the north benefit from the profits and commodities
Mandla Mandela urges same global support for Palestine that helped free SA from apartheid
Nelson Mandela’s grandson addressed hundreds of people from over 40 countries at the launch of the Global Sumud Flotilla, a civilian mission aiming to deliver humanitarian aid to…
From SA to Gaza. A young activist carries on family tradition of fighting oppression
Nurain Saloojee comes from a family that opposed apartheid in South Africa
UPDATE: Greta Thunberg accuses governments and corporations of enabling Gaza atrocities
The Swedish activist spoke from a flotilla of boats carrying doctors, lawyers, activists, organisers and social media influencers attempting to take medicine and infant milk to…
UPDATED: South Africans sail with largest civilian flotilla to Gaza
The convoy is carrying baby formula, antibiotics, bandages and staple foods and will test whether Israel’s blockade will again choke civilian access to the Strip
DRC war: The blood-soaked path to your smartphone
The invasion and occupation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the extraction of its natural resources, which amounts to industrial-scale theft, must be stopped
Israel marks first anniversary of Hamas’s 7 October attack
The attack claimed more than 1 200 lives, while more than 41 000 people, the majority civilians, have been killed in Israel’s war on Gaza
East and Southern African governments must prioritise human rights ahead of elections
We cannot accept anything less than a full guarantee of the safety of vulnerable people before the polls
Young people call for an end to the terrible legacy of coal
‘The generation of 1976 did not fight to end the injustices of their time only for there to be the dawn of a climate apartheid’