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Palestine

Gaza flotilla sails on despite attacks
National
/ 25 September 2025

Gaza flotilla sails on despite attacks

Along with drone attacks, the fleet faces a political campaign to delegitimise it

By Hasina Kathrada
Zille’s attitude is one of colonial denial hiding behind the mask of efficiency
Thought Leader
/ 23 September 2025

Zille’s attitude is one of colonial denial hiding behind the mask of efficiency

The politics of the DA leader, who is a mayoral candidate for Johannesburg, one that manages inequality rather than transforms it

By Aslam Fataar & Imraan Buccus
South Africa’s role in the draft UN Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity
Opinion
/ 19 September 2025

South Africa’s role in the draft UN Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity

Given the close comparison between apartheid and the challenges faced by Palestinians, the government must be called upon to lead the quest for justice

By Wendy Isaack
UN commission concludes Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, as flotilla challenges blockade
National
/ 17 September 2025

UN commission concludes Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, as flotilla challenges blockade

In its report, the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry cited citing mass killings, starvation, forced displacement, denial of medical care and systematic destruction of civilian infrastructure

By Hasina Kathrada
Gaza: Where wearing a Press vest is a death sentence
Thought Leader
/ 16 September 2025

Gaza: Where wearing a Press vest is a death sentence

What it means for journalists to bear witness of their colleagues being targeted and killed while they bear witness to the genocide in Gaza

By Atiyyah Khan
Gaza: Steadfastness on the open sea
Thought Leader
/ 12 September 2025

Gaza: Steadfastness on the open sea

Countries around the world are increasingly turning against Israel and its aggression in the Middle East. South Africa’s unions and citizens must join in solidarity with Palestinians

By Imraan Buccus
Palestine: Why do those who were shaped by the European Holocaust so readily replicate its atrocities?
Thought Leader
/ 9 September 2025

Palestine: Why do those who were shaped by the European Holocaust so readily replicate its atrocities?

The Cape Town Holocaust and Genocide Centre and Jewish Board of Deputies are failing to fulfil their mandates

By Mervyn Bennun
Mandla Mandela urges same global support for Palestine that helped free SA from apartheid
National
/ 9 September 2025

Mandla Mandela urges same global support for Palestine that helped free SA from apartheid

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

By Hasina Kathrada
Brics leaders call for cooperation in protectionist global environment
Business
/ 8 September 2025

Brics leaders call for cooperation in protectionist global environment

President Cyril Ramaphosa said the uncertainty of the new trading regime had already harmed the country’s economy

By Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
From SA to Gaza. A young activist carries on family tradition of fighting oppression
National
/ 8 September 2025

From SA to Gaza. A young activist carries on family tradition of fighting oppression

Nurain Saloojee comes from a family that opposed apartheid in South Africa

By Hasina Kathrada
Struggles for freedom still relevant today
Opinion
/ 29 August 2025

Struggles for freedom still relevant today

Shifting geopolitics is highlighting new and old arenas of conflict and violations of international law

By Gjermund Sæther
The blood of South Africa’s past demands we condemn genocide in Gaza
Opinion
/ 8 August 2025

The blood of South Africa’s past demands we condemn genocide in Gaza

As Archbishop Desmond Tutu said, ‘If you are neutral in the face of suffering, you are on the side of the oppressor’

By Phakamile Hlubi
The mask of apartheid – privatisation
Thought Leader
/ 29 July 2025

The mask of apartheid – privatisation

The state once enforced exclusion through law, now racial inequality is decentralised and enforced by private actors through economics, technology, the law, capital and technology

By Sõzarn Barday
Netanyahu’s doctrine: Divide, delay, deny
Thought Leader
/ 18 July 2025

Netanyahu’s doctrine: Divide, delay, deny

The Israeli leader knows how to say ‘ceasefire’ in English, but he governs in the syntax of siege

By Imran Khalid
Economic apartheid: South Africa’s transition a warning for a two-state agreement for Palestine
Thought Leader
/ 10 July 2025

Economic apartheid: South Africa’s transition a warning for a two-state agreement for Palestine

South Africa may have attained political emancipation but economically the chains largely remain

By Sõzarn Barday
The Hague Group revives the possibility of a new internationalism
Opinion
/ 3 July 2025

The Hague Group revives the possibility of a new internationalism

The grouping, made up of Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Malaysia, Namibia, Senegal and South Africa, is a challenge to the West on Israel’s war in Gaza

By Mbuso Ngubane
Egypt stops Global March on Gaza in its tracks
Opinion
/ 20 June 2025

Egypt stops Global March on Gaza in its tracks

The march ended an hour outside of Cairo when we were bussed back to the city

By Jimi Matthews
Israel’s offensive in Iran breaches the Geneva Conventions
Thought Leader
/ 16 June 2025

Israel’s offensive in Iran breaches the Geneva Conventions

The airstrikes are about more than Iran’s nuclear capacity; they are aimed at the network of supporters of Palestinians’ right to exist

By Sõzarn Barday
UN credibility crisis: The US veto shields Israel’s destruction of Gaza
Thought Leader
/ 13 June 2025

UN credibility crisis: The US veto shields Israel’s destruction of Gaza

The United Nations Security Council needs reform. The US has, since 1946, exercised its veto more than 80 times, many of those to block resolutions critical of Israel

By Nkosinathi Mtshali
Digital occupation: How surveillance technologies repress dissent from Gaza to Cape Town
Thought Leader
/ 13 June 2025

Digital occupation: How surveillance technologies repress dissent from Gaza to Cape Town

This creeping form of observation marks a dangerous evolution in how power is exercised and dissent controlled

By Sõzarn Barday
Why South Africans must stand with Palestine and why the world must act
Thought Leader
/ 3 June 2025

Why South Africans must stand with Palestine and why the world must act

South Africans know what it is like to be dehumanised, displaced and silenced and so it is important to support the Palestinians

By Sifiso Sonjica
A movement against silencing: What the war in Palestine has taught us about journalism
Opinion
/ 31 May 2025

A movement against silencing: What the war in Palestine has taught us about journalism

More journalists have been killed since 7 October 2023 than during the two World Wars, Vietnam, Yugoslavia and Afghanistan combined

By Atiyyah Khan
Watching from above: Surveillance in Cape Town
Thought Leader
/ 28 May 2025

Watching from above: Surveillance in Cape Town

As Cape Town continues its investment in digital security infrastructure, the challenge lies in balancing innovation with accountability, and enforcement with the protection of fundamental rights

By Sõzarn Barday
Could Ramaphosa make a refugee deal with Trump fly?
Thought Leader
/ 19 May 2025

Could Ramaphosa make a refugee deal with Trump fly?

Our president, a skilled negotiator, can offer to broker a compromise between Israel and Palestine and take awkward asylum seekers off the US president’s hands

By Philip Machanick
Nakba 2.0: The catastrophe continues
Thought Leader
/ 16 May 2025

Nakba 2.0: The catastrophe continues

Seventy-seven years ago hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were forcibly evicted from their homes. Since then they remain under siege in the West Bank and Gaza, where 50,000 have been killed since 2023

By Sõzarn Barday
Genocide is a human rights and climate justice issue
Opinion
/ 25 April 2025

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.

By Charlotte Scott
Macron redraws Europe’s diplomatic map by recognition of the State of Palestine pledge
Thought Leader
/ 24 April 2025

Macron redraws Europe’s diplomatic map by recognition of the State of Palestine pledge

The move reflects France’s strategic recalibration amid rising domestic pressures, European fragmentation over Gaza and a widening rift with Washington.

By Imran Khalid
Land and dignity: A global reflection anchored in Palestine
Thought Leader
/ 16 April 2025

Land and dignity: A global reflection anchored in Palestine

Land is more than a physical resource — it is the foundation of identity, freedom and dignity in places as far-flung as North America, Australia and New Zealand to Gaza, India and Brazil.

By Ali Ridha Khan
Gaza: South Africa must urgently return to the International Court of Justice
Thought Leader
/ 11 April 2025

Gaza: South Africa must urgently return to the International Court of Justice

As humanitarian needs soar, provisional measures are needed for the full cessation of hostilities in Gaza.

By Raji Sourani, Issam Younis & Shawan Jabarin
Refuse Trump’s return to open racism
Opinion
/ 10 April 2025

Refuse Trump’s return to open racism

As the US president rapidly escalates pressure on South Africa in the name of white citizens, we must stand up for reason and principle

By Richard Pithouse
Narcissist – the fallen angel
Thought Leader
/ 26 March 2025

Narcissist – the fallen angel

Making America Great Again is the personification of narcissistic censure to maintain dominance. We need to build solidarity and safety in the face of geno/ecocides, hate and state repression

By Nadira Omarjee
Stand with South Africa against Trump’s wrath
Opinion
/ 18 March 2025

Stand with South Africa against Trump’s wrath

To allow South Africa to be isolated and punished would be to surrender to the imperial logic that seeks to divide and conquer all who resist.

By Yanis Varoufakis
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