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PALESTINE

The number one health issue in Palestine is the Israeli occupation

Dr Javid Abdelmoneim, International President of Doctors Without Borders (MSF), highlights how Israel's actions since October 2023 have systematically eroded Palestinians'…

  • Javid Abdelmoneim
4 min read
A hybrid of documentary and drama, The Voice of Hind Rajab brings the chilling real recordings of a child trapped in Gaza to the Joburg Film Festival
DOCUMENTARY DRAMA

Tunisian film highlights the human cost of warmongering Israel

A hybrid of documentary and drama, The Voice of Hind Rajab brings the chilling real recordings of a child trapped in Gaza to the Joburg Film Festival

  • Kibo Ngowi
5 min read
Newly appointed US ambassador to South Africa Leo Brent Bozell III
BRICS

Trump envoy arrives in Pretoria amid stormy US-SA relations

The US has not had a permanent ambassador to South Africa since January 2025

  • Mandisa Makgakga
2 min read
Gaza has been destroyed following continued strikes by Israel. (X)
ANGLICAN CHURCH

Christian churches applaud World Council of Churches for its resolutions condemning Israel over Gaza

The council has urged governments, institutions and churches to commit to the principles of justice under international law and ethics against Israel’s war against Palestinian

  • Melody Emmett
6 min read
GNU minister Dean Macpherson was quick off the starting block. Photo: X
2024 ELECTIONS

100 Days of GNU: South Africa’s ‘forced marriage’ is working for the country

Ministers from various parties at national level are taking their portfolios seriously and working together

  • Enzokuhle Sabela
  • Noluthando Dlamini
5 min read
A woman breaks down at the memorial to Amit Magnezi as family members and friends of the lost and kidnapped gather at the site of the Nova Festival to mark the one year anniversary of the attacks by Hamas, on October 07, 2024 in Re’im, Israel. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

Opinion piece relies on dubious sources to promote Antisemitic conspiracy theories

It is disheartening that the Mail & Guardian would allow such an article to be published

  • Adam Charnas
6 min read
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian Americans gather in front of Brooklyn Borough Hall for an “emergency rally” and vigil after the deadly Israeli air strikes on Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, in New York, United States on October 15, 2024. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)
ANC AND PALESTINE

Glaring liberal double standards on Palestine and Ukraine

Will there ever be as much concern for the lives of brown and black people as for the lives of white people?

  • Imraan Buccus
7 min read
Palestinian supporters wave flags as they take part in a counter demonstration outside the venue where Israel supporters gather in an event organised by the South Africa Zionist Federation in Johannesburg, on May 23, 2021. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP) (Photo by MARCO LONGARI/AFP via Getty Images)
AFRICAN UNION

South Africa appalled that Israel given AU observer status

The international relations department has released a statement condemning the decision

  • Eyaaz Matwadia
3 min read