Failure to disclose affiliations in foreign policy activities demand scrutiny of US Congress
CSIS and other US think tanks neglecting to reveal Covington & Burling and WestExec links should raise red flags
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Female & Guardian | Female architects ensure potty parity
The field was dominated by men but now women are coming to the fore with thoughtful buildings
Blame the conflict in Jammu and Kashmir to haphazard partitioning of India in 1947
India and Pakistan have been at daggers drawn since 1947, when the Indian sub-continent was partitioned; the division of British India into the independent dominion states. The partition was based on religious domination in each state with India having majority Hindu population and Pakistan majority Muslim. The two nations have had continual dispute ever since, mainly […]
Fires ablaze in a stolen land: Israel’s trees planted over Palestinian villages are in flames
The genocidal state asks the West for help to fight the fires while its military burns children and adults alive in Gaza.
Make South Africa great again: The GNU as a catalyst for hope and reform
Coalition politics, while not perfect, forces parties to negotiate and compromise, boosting accountability and combatting complacency and corruption
South Africa has an undignified democracy
Thirty years on, the patience of the poor is wearing thin as they are subjected to tardy, disrespectful service
Born Free: South Africa’s political future: GNU, budget 3.0 & 2026/2027 party elections? – Podcast episode six
Born Free is a bold, unfiltered voice for South Africa’s youth
Nature is dead. Nature remains dead. And we have killed it
Nietzsche’s quote is useful as an ecological analogy of the destruction humans have wrought on nature, the very thing that sustains us
Inkululeko a promise deferred
South Africa’s liberation struggle may have brought democracy, but it did not bring freedom
The unfinished business of Rhodes Must Fall, Sarah Baartman and Jameson
What does the university do with public memory?
The power of Africa’s critical minerals
Endowed with a third of the world’s supply of them, the continent must push for actions that have the most benefits for its people
A panoramic view of a continent
My latest book is an analysis of Africa, from the perspective of 30 years of study, which offers an overview of the decades since the fall of apartheid in 1994
May Day: From the maypole to the picket line
Trade unions are still the best way of organising resistance to the violence of capitalism
What excessive rain means for South Africa’s livestock
For South Africa to maintain its current access to red meat, wool and other livestock products, it must continue to strengthen its biosecurity and revive vaccine manufacturing
Born Free: Why is South Africa involved in the DRC? – Podcast episode five
Born Free is a bold, unfiltered voice for South Africa’s youth
Workers’ Day: How the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration can promote social justice through ubuntu
The CCMA uses dialogue based on conciliation and mediation to transform labour relations
We celebrate May Day and Freedom Day but SA’s working class is still unfree
About 32% of the population is unemployed; of the employed, 35.9% are in informal work; and of the formally employed, nearly 40% earn less than R3,500 a month
Pope Francis as a shepherd of the marginalised in a world that wants to build empires
As empire builders use violence, greed and environmental destruction to attain their goals, we are in need of citizens of the Kingdom of God who live the gospel
The ugly side of the beauty industry: How an unregulated market puts people at risk
Biomedical scientist Dr Judey Pretorius delves into the hidden dangers of the beauty industry and the true cost of chasing perfection
Right of reply: A reformist leader must reform
Millions of Zambians regularly exercise their democratic right at the ballot box
Stolen childhoods: Israel’s war on Palestinian children
The illegal detention of children and their physical and psychological abuse, is a deliberate strategy to rob Palestine of its future
Don’t let lobbyists rewrite the history of African liberation
The Polisario Front, which represents the Sahrawi people of Western Sahara, is being unfairly accused of being a terrorist organisation, with parallels to South Africa’s struggle for freedom
Navigating the US-China trade war won’t be smooth sailing for South Africa
The country needs to develop a new strategy as both punitive tariffs from and genial relations with giants leave it vulnerable
Zimbabweans forced to adapt in the face of water insecurity
People have had to drill their own boreholes, dig wells and buy from vendors, because local government has failed to provide a secure supply
The legal sector code is a tool for substantive equality in SA’s legal profession
Many in the legal profession today continue to benefit from systems of exclusion they did not create, but from which they continue to draw advantage
Rethink philanthropy for sustainable development
The amount in dollars of charitable donations has declined. Perhaps venture philanthropy is the answer
It’s rocking in Joburg’s Rosebank
There’s money pouring in amid a residential boom, as well as all
the retail, commercial and hotel action
Is the law indeed an ass in this case?
The investigation of advocate Dali Mpofu for misconduct leads us to ponder this question
Reform legislation to boost the Pandemic Treaty
Business interests and intellectual property laws privilege the wealthy and leave the rest scrabbling for life-saving medicine
Genocide is a human rights and climate justice issue
The first two months of the Israel-Gaza war exceeded the individual annual carbon footprints of more than 20 of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations.
Decolonise the mind to power a green future
Green industrialisation in Africa is needed for the climate crisis and for a just development path
Rebuilding hope amid the landmines
Azerbaijan National Mine Action Agency helping to clear the Karabakh region of the weapons