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FIFA’s respectful evolution: Honoring faith on the global stage
FIFA has implemented a significant policy change, ensuring that Man of the Match trophies and award backdrops are free of alcoholic branding. This move respects the religious…
‘Magnifica Humanitas’: What Pope Leo XIV’s theological document about AI means to Africa’s Gen Z
Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas," released in May 2025, is sparking global debate. This theological document, a new social doctrine of the Catholic Church,…
Why the media should stop calling white South Africans ‘refugees’
Mzansi is many things: unequal, violent, frustrated, politically volatile and economically strained. But it is not a war zone. Dissatisfaction with governance, fears about crime,…
The brilliance of Iran’s governance structure
The sheer brilliance of Iran’s three-tiered governance structure
South Africa’s dangerous drift away from sovereignty and nationhood
Transnational commitments are celebrated, while attachment to the nation‑state is treated with suspicion
The Abrahamic Family House and the fragility of coexistence
In Abu Dhabi, a space built for coexistence raises difficult questions about religion, power and the violence unfolding across the region
The God Edition | Making a meal of religion
Is reconciliation through food hard to swallow? Perhaps we should emulate John Lennon and give peas a chance
The God Edition | Secularism is the bridge to harmony and democracy
Religious organisations, political leaders and citizens all have a role to play in defending the principle of secularism
Leverage Pope Francis’s example to combat extremism that threatens world peace
It would be a tragedy if the pontiff left this world with the current global leadership crisis, where greed and egos escalate crises
Food, power and identity: A colonial and culinary heritage
Specific foods and recipes are associated with specific countries and also traditions, but as people have moved so have these foods
In South Africa, women are always afraid of attacks
Some women spoke to the Mail & Guardian about frequently looking over their shoulder in fear of danger.
Joburg’s mosques need to be more open
These are community spaces and should be available to all
Religion is seen as a threat to elections. But is this so?
South Africans seem to favour politicians who combine secular and socially liberal policies with religious rhetoric that is inclusive of all faiths
When crime is cloaked as religion
Religion is often the business plan of fraudsters who lie effortlessly to their congregants
‘Lilahloane’: Death rites live beyond the grave
A new video installation by Imameleng Masitha at the AVA gallery digs into our rituals to mark mortality and the longing for home soil amid moving and migration