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Blueprint: As we reflect on 30 years of constitutional democracy, some are questioning whether the Constitution has lived up to its transformative
promise or not. Photo: X / @OCJ_RSA

SA’s Constitution at 30, a shared compact

The belief that a constitutional text alone can transform society is as misplaced as the claim that it is the primary barrier to transformation. The Constitution can be a…

The struggle to reclaim or protect land is fundamentally a struggle to restore human dignity. Photo: Lucky Nxumalo/City Press/Gallo Images/Getty Images

Land and dignity: A global reflection anchored in Palestine

Land is more than a physical resource — it is the foundation of identity, freedom and dignity in places as far-flung as North America, Australia and New Zealand to Gaza, India…

The first two months of the Israel-Gaza war exceeded the individual annual carbon footprints of more than 20 of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations.
 Photo: Fadi Alwhidi/Anadolu via Getty Images

Trump’s Gaza plan ignores justice, reality and history

This plan, dressed in the language of logistics or development, is unmistakably a manifestation of a hard-line agenda aimed at erasing Palestinian presence from the land

(The Times/Esa Alexander)

Dismantle green colonialism and stop the greed of corporates and Northern governments

The fight for climate justice must include the people who are most affected, including those in the Arab region

Land Conference delegates: Customary law should limit traditional leaders’ powers

Community activists also urged the government to pass an amended land bill to give them rights to secure their land.

Stolen land: ‘Ranch or homestead?’ A farm house in Commondale. (Santu Mofokeng)

Taking the battle to the grave: South Africa’s contested sites

In his swansong, Santu Mofokeng ruminates on mortality, ancestry and dispossession