The judiciary and legal academy entrenched the same exclusion. They protected the existing order through property law, constitutional abstraction and procedural sanctity. They elevated form above the history of conquest. They treated settler possession as the legal present and African dispossession as historical background
This year’s Eid is not naïve. It does not pretend the world is at peace. It does not ignore the children buried under rubble, the families displaced, the cities reduced to ash
The rise of Chinese AI is not just a story of national success; it is a story of how China is capturing the “means of development” for the entire world. By providing efficient, permissive and highly capable tools, China has lowered the entry barrier to the AI age for everyone
Millions scattered across Johannesburg, London, Sydney, Toronto, New York and beyond have not abandoned their homeland; instead, they have sustained it
Rasool is perhaps one of the few South African political figures able to articulate the global consequences of misused narratives
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Three decades after his death the apartheid-era maverick photographer is still revealing himself
The demergers of Anglo Platinum and De Beers could lead to mine workers losing jobs, Duncan Wanblad said
The South African artist describes their new offering ‘Bastard Jargon’ as an existential sex album that exchanges sad for upbeat
As heartbreaking as it is to admit, our beloved city is travelling down a path of no return
William Kentridge’s star continues to rise, with big museum shows in Britain and America. Will it intensify his prices?
The local shops have been replaced by chain stores, the skyline has new features, the digital age stops communication and the green parks are dry and brown
Mary Corrigall spoke to the celebrated South African designer on the release of the Heritage capsule collection.
This is not the first time nor last time that intellectual property laws have allowed western individuals or companies to lay claim to Africa’s cultural, linguistic and even culinary heritage
Hip-hop artist DOOM passed away in October, but the world found out only last week. Mpho Moshe Matheolane met the man himself in 2013
Julian Assange will have to remain in custody in Britain, pending a US appeal of the decision to block his extradition to face charges for leaking secret documents, a judge in London ruled on Wednesday
A new book has collected writing about the condition of living, yes, with a high crime rate, but also other, more pervasive existential urban stresses particular to the Global South
This sequence of texts was written in response to various photographs of Nigeria made between 1920 and 1929 that form part of the Colonial Office photographic collection
Steve McQueen’s ‘Lovers Rock’, part of the ‘Small Axe’ anthology, is an ethereal interlude that takes us inside the blues party bubble
Due to covid-19, there are aeroplanes jetting about with few, if no passengers in them, which means those planes are releasing unnecessary greenhouse gases that will trap heat and warm this planet for decades to come
African governments are issuing and listing their Eurobonds on established international debt markets – usually London and Irish Stock Exchanges
Young footballers in Nigeria often struggle to get the specialised healthcare they need
Tinashe Mushakavanhu has an imaginary conversation with Dambudzo Marechera
The bodies of 31 men and eight women were discovered in a refrigerated lorry in an industrial state in Essex, east of London, on October 23.
The Swedish investigation concerns events which took place in August 2010 when a Swedish woman accused Assange of rape
The experience of studying Africa in London makes the writers question the validity of "African Studies" as is currently taught in Britain.
WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson said on Wednesday that all efforts would now be focused on preventing Assange’s extradition to the US
A spokesman for the Swedish Prosecution Authority said on Thursday they were following the news of Assange’s arrest
A Nigerian minister has courted ridicule after saying citizens are having pizzas delivered from London with the help of British Airways
Disease caused the death of 55-million indigenous Americans, resulting in the reforestation of vast tracts of land
‘Only poetry can plaster’
A Roman temple has been restored to its original site seven metres below London, using sound, lights and misty haze to bring the ruin back to life.