Although global instability may temporarily redirect travel flows, the real opportunity lies not in benefiting from conflict elsewhere but in ensuring that South Africa becomes a destination the world actively chooses, whether there is conflict in other regions or not
This reflective review revisits the political courage and quiet influence that made Sally Motlana indispensable to the liberation struggle
The prestigious Mount Edgecombe Estate, home to one of South Africa’s iconic golf courses, honoured long-standing resident, former club captain and high‐handicap golfer Kiruban Dhanpal Naidoo
Barbie Kyagulanyi’s ordeal reveals how love can become a powerful, non-violent force driving resistance, courage and conviction in Uganda’s struggle for meaningful democracy and good governance
Not long ago, it was unthinkable that the leader of the DA would ever walk up the steps to the Union Buildings
Exploring shared struggles and the power of love, Hank Willis Thomas’s latest exhibition layers American and South African histories into thought-provoking artworks
At 33, the retired Constitutional Court justice thought he had, maybe, seven years left. His story traces the arc from certain death because of Aids to a chronic, manageable condition at 73. He asks what happens when the generation who fought for life finally get to grow old
The founder of the Rainbow/PUSH coalition — a US civil rights and social justice organisation — was an outspoken critic of apartheid in South Africa
The new dawn that the President spoke about in 2018 is no longer an elusive mirage
The Morogoro Consultative Conference, convened under the quiet but resolute leadership of Oliver Reginald Tambo, was no celebration. It was a reckoning
Fourteen years ago, Tunisia was the very emblem of hope
Fort Hare must be to the African what Stellenbosch University is to the Afrikaner
By the summit’s end, Ramaphosa emerged with an elevated global profile
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
In his latest body of work, Johnathan Schultz trades spectacle for soul, reimagining gold as a vessel for memory, resilience and identity
Along with drone attacks, the fleet faces a political campaign to delegitimise it
‘The poetry and music of revolutionary poets should come to the fore to tame the unreasonableness of our politicians who are failing us by serving themselves and not the people’
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 Gaza
Burundi is not the only authoritarian country in the region. Tanzania is restricting the opposition, media and civil society, while Rwanda controls any dissent
Ndiviwe Mphothulo, a medical doctor and president of the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society, is trying to make sure the Trump administration’s funding cuts don’t collapse South Africa’s HIV programmes
On his first diplomatic visit to India, Nelson Mandela was treated as a kindred spirit and likened to Gandhi, a gesture he gently rejected.
‘Nelson Mandela showed how one can transform oppression, struggle and subjugation into reconciliation, social justice and unity’
Madiba’s life and words show us that humaneness is the balm our country needs to heal
The India politician is on a Global South tour to spread a message of diasporans blending loyalty to their birthplace with pride in their ancestral homeland
Cyril Ramaposa showed the world that turning the other cheek does work, but Trump does not have the emotional intelligence to recognise this
During the Easter Triduum, we reflect on Christ’s resurrection, finding in it a timeless call to justice, hope, and shared humanity beyond the grave
We must never forget the past injuries and injustices of apartheid.
Kesivan Naidoo blends local jazz with global influences to mark 30 years of democracy
It is against human nature to be enslaved, oppressed or occupied by another nation