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
Unlike ANC governments, we must practise consistent, inclusive solidarity and internationalism
House of Bondage: The book that shocked the world
Authoritarian systems reject challenges to themselves – yet just that is happening in Ukraine and Russia, China and Iran
Nomically, the left advocates pluralism and promotes difference, but only within a network of fixed, essentialized identities, and so permissiveness becomes prohibition.
On average, five Somali journalists are killed every year, but in the absence of political will to change the situation, the killers are allowed to continue with impunity
The journalist is among more than 50 reporters who have died at the hands of the Israeli regime and is remembered for bravely giving a voice to Palestinians
Eight months ago, the Zimbabwean government arrested Jeffrey Moyo after he worked with colleagues from The New York Times reporting on Zimbabwe. His next court date is 14 February
As the August 2021 elections loom, activists fear a renewed crack down on human rights
The icon who died on 25 November 2020 was more than just the greatest footballer of all time. From Argentina to Palestine he represented the experiences of the outsider, the oppressed
A Window on Soweto by Joyce Sikakane-Rankin provided insight during apartheid censorship
Understanding who we coloured people are and not trying to fit into one race group or another is the way to the future
Donald Trump will lead the United States, but we cannot sit back being fearful, we must fight for all people’s rights.
Comedian Pieter-Dirk Uys says South Africans could face a new system of oppression if they don’t get more involved and hold government accountable.