The protests rejected this. They insisted that what we are seeing is the expansion of a single logic: imperial in character, colonial in structure, even when it speaks the…
With both countries intent on keeping in check the ‘barbarians at the gate’, South Africa used its uranium reserves and Israeli technical support to develop its nuclear programme
Sparse, powerfully acted play brings the lives of anti-apartheid activist couple to the stage
London Recruits is a film that tells of young foreigners who were recruited by the ANC
Power in post-apartheid South Africa lies with the party, the state and capital. The tourism minister masks her complicity with bad governance, and being part of the economic and…
Frank B Wilderson discusses ‘Afropessimism’, his memoir that analyses structural violence
One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. — Chinua Achebe
Former minister Ronnie Kasrils writes in his memoir about what turns a boychick from the Jo’burg suburb of Yeoville into an ANC underground operative
The former president’s claims about ANC spies is a political game of smoke and mirrors
The report, released on Saturday by President Cyril Ramaphosa, details how the intelligence services were used to advance Jacob Zuma’s interests
‘Terreblanche wrote with a deep idealism in a country frequently with the highest levels of inequality’
Kebby Maphatsoe, wary of Western ‘agents’, derides Ramaphosa as the white people’s darling
The DA has threatened to take legal action if the police or the NPA refuse to prosecute State Security Agency director-general, Arthur Fraser.
At his book launch, Ronnie Kasrils said he asked former president Thabo Mbeki to contest for the role of ANC president.
South Africa’s intelligence services operate secretly and with minimal oversight. So citizens will probably never know exactly what they are up to.
