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Once allies: Ukrainians and Russians fought in the World War II trenches together. For generations, they jointly commemorated the fallen under the banner “The Great Victory”. Photo: Presidential Office
NAZIS

Victory Day is no commemoration

Honouring the victims of World War II by putting the world on the verge of World War III is insanity

  • Olexander Scherba
3 min read
AFRICA

Age of cruelty

The rise of darkness indeed splits the world … It divides us into those who believe in humanity and those who feel entitled to do whatever they want

  • Olexander Scherba
5 min read
Tales of derring-do: Author Sir Max Hastings can turn historical accounts into gripping adventure yarns. Photo: Awakening/Getty Images
ALLIES

On their radar: How Allies captured Hitler’s technology

If the history of war is your thing, this book will blow you out of the water

  • Rodney Ghobril
5 min read
South Africa must resist two dangerous temptations simultaneously: the temptation to demonise all foreign nationals and the temptation to silence every concern about illegal immigration through accusations of xenophobia. (Paul Botes)
AFRICAN CENTRE FOR MIGRATION AMP SOCIETY

OPINION | Genocide: It’s never far away if people are not prepared to stand up and oppose it

Research has shown that more than 150 000 people have been killed, injured, or displaced in xenophobic incidents across South Africa since 1994.

  • Derek Davey
9 min read
A Palestinian steps on a Israeli flag during a demonstration ahead of the 74th anniversary of the Nakba, the "catastrophe" of Israel’s creation in 1948. – Palestinians and Arab Israelis commemorate the Nakba on May 15 — the official date of Israel’s creation according to the western calendar. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled their homes or were forced out of them on the creation of Israel in 1948. Those who stayed in their villages when Israel was created are now described as Israeli Arabs, but the majority became refugees in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and neighbouring Arab countries. (Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
APARTHEID

Jews are not obliged to support Zionism and the policies of the Israeli government

One cannot choose one’s race or nationality, but one can choose one’s political views and live by those choices

  • Mervyn Bennun
7 min read
ADOLF HITLER

A quick trek to ancient Egypt during lockdown

Well, the pharaonic Voortrekker Monument to be precise for John Davenport

  • John Davenport
14 min read