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Canary in the coalmine: How Christopher Dorner keeps showing up in protest music

Friday Lloyd Gedye - 24 Sep 2020

Musicians break genre boundaries and, through the lyrics about the Los Angeles police officer who killed cops, express black anger

Campaigning together, but on their own

Africa Nic Cheeseman & Sishuwa Sishuwa - 11 Sep 2020

Social media is driving a new – largely anonymous – form of protest in Zimbabwe and Zambia

Osaka using US Open as platform for activism

Article Agence France Presse - 1 Sep 2020

The 22-year-old fourth seed has spoken out repeatedly in the wake of the protests that swept the United States following the death of George Floyd during a confrontation with police in May

Police brutality in South Africa exposed once again

Opinion Ziyanda Stuurman - 28 Aug 2020

The death of teenager Nathaniel Julius means we urgently need to refuse to allow politicians and police leadership to protect violent officers

Vish Naidoo: Opinion article on police brutality is misleading and devoid of truth

Opinion Vish Naidoo - 29 Jul 2020

Not all police officers are guilty of killing criminals who cross their path, writes SAPS spokesperson Brigadier Vish Naidoo.

Disease and disorder in the Covid-19 crisis

Coronavirus Robert Balfour - 6 Jul 2020

What do Covid-19, the killing of George Floyd and the toppling of statues express about the human condition at this time of disease-anxiety and global economic recession?

Pandemic-induced human rights violations a double tragedy to humanity

Africa Webster Zambara - 6 Jul 2020

The conflation of human rights violations and a pandemic leave the most vulnerable marginalised. Equitable and democratic societies are needed to fight against this

Amadou Diallo will never be forgotten

Africa Nick Roll - 4 Jul 2020

Amadou Diallo, a Guinean man, was killed by NYPD officers 21 years ago. Today protesters still invoke his name as they fight for justice

Cartoon: Carlos on respect for the law

Cartoons Carlos - 3 Jul 2020

It appears that those tasked with enforcing the law don't know it.

Some black lives matter, others don’t

Opinion Andile Zulu - 18 Jun 2020

We condemn the killing of a black Americans, yet women, African foreigners and queer people are regularly abused and killed in SA

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Black Lives Matter? Which black lives?

Opinion Adam Haupt - 11 Jun 2020

In South Africa, police brutality and violence affect black, working- class lives in particular. We must dismantle this systemic oppression

Police treat sex workers like they are ‘nothing’

Coronavirus Sarah Smit - 10 Jun 2020

Those on the street say that the usual abuse has intensified under the lockdown

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Unnatural: Conservation is yet another legacy of colonialism

Opinion Gabriel Hoosain Khan & Sianne Alves - 10 Jun 2020

Using assumptions and faulty tools leads to racist conclusions about why so few black students are taking up biological sciences

We need an outpouring of outrage about Africans killed by security forces

Africa Solomon Dersso - 10 Jun 2020

As Africa mourns George Floyd, we must look in the mirror and address police brutality on our own continent

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Why violence is a hallmark of Kenyan policing. And what needs to change

Africa Douglas Lucas Kivoi - 8 Jun 2020

Kenya has a long history of policing with excessive force, often resulting in unnecessary deaths. Recently at...

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