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Have African leaders betrayed the dream of 1963?
Africa Day is generally marked as a day for celebration, a day to rejoice at the steps taken by previous generations to fight against and eliminate the effects of colonialism,…
Africa and our hollow unity
Budgets are rewritten in Washington and Brussels rather than in Harare, Accra or Nairobi
Ramaphosa: No political party has done more good for South Africans than the ANC
The ANC president said this was a fact, whether people liked it or not
Lessons from South Africa’s past for a future of collective empowerment
Education’s role in fostering critical consciousness and political engagement has been side-lined in favour of a narrow focus on individual success and economic competitiveness
Pravin Gordhan set the benchmark for public service and dedication to the cause
Not everyone liked the late former public enterprises minister, but everyone respected him
Pravin Gordhan, former public enterprises minister and lifelong political activist, dies
Gordhan passed away after what his family said was a short battle with cancer
Zambia the cradle of liberation of Southern Africa
The country’s historical sites encapsulate the struggles and triumphs of the people of the subcontinent
Top 10 Mandela must-reads
Nelson Mandela’s ideals about forgiveness and a diverse and united South Africa remain in the hearts of many people
A spirit guide to ethical black feminist thinking and praxis
bell hooks’s refusal to ‘get in formation’ foregrounded healing as the foundation to a communal liberatory agenda
Review: ‘Culture and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa’: On the arts as a catalyst in the quest for true freedom
This new collection of essays, tributes and analyses focuses on the role of culture in the fostering of radical consciousness
Achmat Dangor: On writing and change
Celebrated author and political activist Achmat Dangor died on Sunday at the age of 71. Here, in a 1990 interview published in Staffrider, he speaks to Andries Walter Oliphant…
Reproducing Festac ’77: A secret among a family of millions
An interview with Chimurenga founder Ntone Edjabe about his latest project
Tawana Kupe: It takes a continent to raise the Africa we want
Collaborating with other universities will assist in dealing with diseases and other social issues that know no borders