The Economic Freedom Fighters spat on Gordhan, the real freedom fighter who embodied integrity
Cynical politicians have repurposed ubuntu into people helping one another to eat a little
Sponsorship is required for the initiative to adequately fulfil its objectives
Women exhibit a radical resistance to the war within and the war experienced in their daily lives.
South Africa is quick to forget ubuntu or its own destabilising role when it comes to regional policies
Having a hound that barks at black people is tricky if you’re a white kid moving to a township
The best way to honour Tutu’s legacy is to champion his values of unity, justice and compassion, as espoused in the charter to which he contributed
Some human rights organisations are enabling toxicity to harmful degrees
The hardest part of reckoning is the reckoning and where the archbishop is resented it is not for the ways in which the TRC failed but those in which it succeeded and brought an unfathomable past into a flawed present, writes Elisha Kunene.
Afrophobia is an imported anti-African sentiment that internalises colonialism because current state borders never existed in African societies
South Africans’ behaviour and attitudes show that poor black working-class people, and black women in particular, are denied
their innate humanity
Contemporary traditions of ubuntu have cut Africans off from memories and systems of thought about when and how to fight
The person who is dying needs relief from pain and symptom control and they their families also need psychosocial, bereavement, emotional and spiritual support
Clean-up operations and repairs to infrastructure are being initiated, while the full extent of the damage wrought by the fire is still being assessed
In this time of disaster, caused by a zero-sum approach to politics, economics and life, a Buddhist belief in the sacredness of all may save humankind
South Africa needs active citizens and real change starts in the home, with conversations about social justice
Nolan Oswald Dennis’s digitial essay game, ‘a sun.black’, keeps all options available as it examines decolonisation
Antony Kaminju shares his experience of making a photo of the Roving Bantu Kitchen’s Sifiso Ntuli
The local industry makes less than 1% of the olive oil produced around the world every year, but the Western Cape’s climate is perfect for farmers
The same government that talks about being in service of ‘our people fails poor, black children whose only dream is to receive an education
We are able to achieve meaningful social change better, and faster, if we act together
The multifaceted and complex issues facing the continent can only be tackled effectively together
Demonstrations of common humanity are a powerful tool to help us navigate our way through the pandemic
This is no time to snigger at the high rates of coronavirus in the Global North. We could be just as hard hit — and it is poor people who will suffer the most
Expo 2020 Dubai has already engaged 30 000 volunteers from the city
The Pope’s primary message to each country responded to their unique circumstances
We need to think about the way we speak and the effect that has on society and our country
"uKukhapha is the bedrock of isiNtu. This untranslatable notion of uMntu ngumntu ngabantu".
The physical predicaments we experience go far further than what our conditioned minds perceive
Readers write in about freedom, and Molefe and the ANC.
Readers write in about maths and science, and dignity and ubuntu.
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/ 29 November 2015
The fuzzy concept cannot serve as a cohesive force that will inspire us to live together in harmony.