South African-born Jewish artist Candice Breitz has had her exhibition in a German museum scrapped
Amid tragedy, we must consider the oneness of humanity
The Middle Eastern country needs its workers to stay in the army, but
it also needs to keep its economy going
One cannot stand for climate justice but remain silent while Palestine suffers injustice daily
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The furor around the Proteas under-19 captain’s remarks about Israel is not a simple question of free speech
A Joburg band has written lyrics based on poems by friends who are suffering in Palestine
Policymakers should recognise the inherent impossibility of eradicating a resilient, locally rooted resistance movement
Our social media feeds are as key a field as any for solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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Attention has turned to whether the truce will be extended before its scheduled end early on Tuesday morning
But the Economic Freedom Fighters leader and five other fighters will still have to watch the State of the Nation address on the big screen
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It should be the day of ANC’s reckoning, but opposition parties such as the Democratic Alliance should polish up their messaging on Israel’s war in Gaza
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Beware that when you dehumanise your opponent, you dehumanise yourself
In the first major diplomatic breakthrough in the war, Palestinian militants will release during a four-day truce 50 women and children kidnapped during their October 7 raids
ANC chief whip Pemmy Majodina said Israel was no longer the Holy Land but the land of Natanyahu
Protests and other actions for human rights matter, and collectively there is much we can do
The South African government’s hardline stance on the global criminal court could reopen debate in the ruling ANC about withdrawing from the body
Parties will vote on the motion next week
Controversial trade links between the two countries remain — albeit on a far smaller scale than in the past
Health facilities are on the front line of the pitiless siege of Gaza
Themes in Herman Melville’s classic novel ‘Moby-Dick’ give us insight into today’s wars
The US president could pay dearly at the polls, as the global economy counts the costs of fracturing
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The ‘Green Brigade’ has a nuanced history that long precedes the latest conflict
The world can no longer remain coy in the face of war: the United States is a bully and we must stand up to it
The volatile nature of the conflict takes out any latitude for inaction from the American president
South Africa must continue a delicate diplomatic dance if it hopes to be a mediator in the Middle East
Israeli troops and Hamas fighters engaged in house-to-house combat in densely populated Gaza, where the war has sent 1.5 million people fleeing to other parts of the territory in a desperate search for cover
US diplomat Joy Basu said that Pretoria still needs to do more to convince congress to renew Agoa
We cannot be like the West and turn our back on the Palestinian people and the question of their freedom
Oxfam International says ‘starvation is being used as a weapon of war against Gaza civilians’.
Families of Israeli hostages want Israel to accept Hamas’s proposal of exchanging Palestinian prisoners for the hostages, but Israel’s president made no commitment.
Over the past few weeks we have witnessed a disturbing trend of a collective blind eye being turned to history