Nationalism
latest news & developmentsBerita’s ‘Echoes of The Soul’: A meditation on migrant workers
Berita’s Workers’ Day performance becomes a powerful meditation on migration, memory and xenophobia in a nation built through labour, movement and forgotten solidarities
US tariff shake-up sends ripples through African trade and global supply chains
This latest wave of tariff changes signals a broader trend toward economic nationalism and trade realignment.
Global capital distribution’s tipping point and SA’s precarious path
Urgent reform is needed as dangerous socio-economic undercurrents swirl
South African society is fractured: Our imagination must come home
Nationhood is not visible. It exists as overlapping ideas and ideals that need to be formed collectively
The death penalty is alive and well in Tanzania
In defiance of a judgment by the African court on human and peoples’ rights,capital punishment remains — even if death sentences are never executed
Populism based not in patriotism, but in many nationalisms
Because populism is a pre-political idea, it can fracture the sense of collective identity that is necessary to uphold a liberal democracy, especially in nations with conflict in…
Editorial: Praise for treasury’s Mogajane, but his replacement faces a battle
When Dondo Mogajane became director general of the national treasury, question marks were raised about his ability to defend the institution. Five years later, it was a war well…
Editorial: The West dithers, but South Africa has to take some responsibility for this wave
We can’t bury our heads in the sand: there is no way to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic other than vaccination. South Africa — and the rest of Africa — still has a long way to go
Screen Grab: Istanbul’s eye
The Netflix drama ‘Ethos’ lays bare the divided soul of contemporary Turkey
The danger of Zuma’s Zulu nationalism
Jacob Zuma successfully used an appeal to tribal identity for his ascent to the presidency. And he tried to use it again to avoid being sent to jail
A quick trek to ancient Egypt during lockdown
Well, the pharaonic Voortrekker Monument to be precise for John Davenport
The pandemic creates ideal conditions for the rise of populism
The state of politics and geopolitics has been exacerbated, rather than stabilised, by the coronavirus crisis
Ethnic consciousness should not threaten African nation-building
Ethnic identity can be harnessed to strengthen national identity — and this can foster a continental-based African identity
Why will India’s prime minister not get the rapturous welcome he receives elsewhere?
We are South Africans. And Nehru’s expansive and humanistic vision, which we share, is at odds with an exclusivist ideology based on Hindu nationalism
Can we revive our democratic imagination?
Nationalism on its own offers no guarantee of a democratic or progressive politics.