Sharpeville Massacre
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Effective governance crucial for sustaining South Africa’s democracy
The nation is in a far better place than it was when apartheid ended. But what is also true is multiple spheres of government struggle to deal with societal problems and service…
Ubuntu and a human rights culture remains our lodestar
Although much has been achieved in 30 years of democracy, the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre reminds us that we must strive to ensure all people’s rights are achieved
Iphasi nesiphesheli, a visual piece by Mondli Bhele, wins this year’s Sasol New Signatures art competition
Striking collage using found fabrics and a familiar scene shows how ‘history repeats itself’ and that we can learn from it and overcome its brutal lessons
Hashtags bear a strange fruit: The visual terror of the #PhoenixMassacre
As vigilante groups stepped in to ‘protect’ their property and families, the visual spectacle of death took on a sinister pleasure in some quarters, with Black lives bearing the…
Comrade Andrew Mlangeni was the embodiment of service
Kgalema Motlanthe paid tribute to ANC struggle stalwart Andrew Mlangeni, who died on Tuesday, at his 95th birthday celebrations last month
A full life, well lived
Denis Goldberg was a forthcoming, funny, angry, brutally honest and impressive man who never stopped fighting for what he believed in
The rule of law in times of crisis: Covid-19 and the state of disaster
Under a state of national disaster, some rights may be suspended. But it is critical to remember that the Constitution itself is not suspended
Human Rights Day: South Africa continues to neglect the legacy of Robert Sobukwe
The memory of the influential former leader of the Pan-Africanist Congress has been shunted to the margins in the country’s sham democracy
Human Rights Day reminds us of our progress and failures
The history of human rights in South Africa is complex, not least because the removal of oppression has not equated to substantive liberation
Sharpeville is much more than the site of a massacre
Tsepo Gumbi’s photographs bring a more complex view of a place that has been so singularly defined as to be unknowable
The Portfolio: Tsepo Gumbi
With the Sharpeville massacre in mind, Kwanele Sosibo takes a look at how Tsepo Gumbi’s collection of photographs are a necessary intervention
EFF tackles apartheid legislation
While the ANC in Parliament found itself defending the presence of FW de Klerk at the State of the Nation address last week, the government was also — in court this time —…
Veronica Sobukwe’s guiding ethos
Robert Sobukwe’s wife was an activist, and she looked after the children while he was incarcerated
Robben Island bones require a deeper dig
It has more than a 500-year history as a trading post, a leper colony and an island had also been used to house banished religious leaders.