Conscription
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Giving apartheid the finger
The End Conscription Campaign was the poster child for irreverent, powerful protest
Apartheid’s religious fanaticism still burns cannabis users
There are tens of thousands of South Africans carrying a dagga possession criminal record since the 2018 decriminalisation
‘Cannon meat’: The men of combat age stuck in Ukraine
If you’re a male citizen of combat age, attempting to cross the border is fraught with danger.
Matthew Krouse’s ‘mid-career retrospective of a no career’
An exhibition of Matthew Krouse’s underground films reveal an agitator awed by the tradition of ‘dirty queens’
Africa’s most authoritarian school
The militarised Warsai Yikealo Secondary School is at the heart of Eritrea’s repressive regime, according to Human Rights Watch
Eritreans stranded in hostile SA
Officials make it difficult for them to obtain legal status, which affects their chances of work.
Breaking the silence on the Border War
Many white South Africans drafted to fight in Angola still struggle to swallow the bitter pill that their battle landed on the wrong side of history.