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latest news & developmentsHow a boy born on World TB Day helped turn the tide on SA’s deadliest TB
Norbert Ndjeka was born on World TB Day. Decades later, he would reshape how South Africa treats the deadliest forms of the disease
Selective outrage: Can Zionists be challenged for being anti-Semitic?
The New York Times seems to believe Islamophobia cancels out anti-Semitism as it downplays Trump’s remarks and publishes a racist piece
Buthelezi: The warlord who tried to conceal the blood on his hands
Evidence demonstrates that Buthelezi was a key figure in the apartheid regime’s fight against pro-democracy forces
Koeberg plot, FBI rot
Two unrelated tales of citizen activism are a salient reminder that ordinary people can do extraordinary things
Journalists believe news and opinion are separate, but readers can’t tell the difference
With many readers coming to news sites from social media links, they may not pay attention to the subtle clues that mark a story published by the opinion staff
Too little too late for Malcolm
Doccie Who Killed Malcolm X? has led to a belated reopening of his murder investigation
February 11 1990: Mandela’s media conquest
Nelson Mandela’s release from prison was also South Africa’s first ‘media event’. And, despite the NP’s, and the SABC’s, attempt to control the narrative, the force of Madiba’s…
Laundering Isabel dos Santos
“African corruption” is only African as regards its victims. Its perpetrators are institutions and individuals from across the globe who are willing to loot without conscience as…
US navy confirms UFOs recorded by pilots are real
There are no programmes designed to address the question of how humanity will interact with prospective interstellar visitors from outer space
AJ vs Ruiz: Searching for nuance
The Clash of the Dunes is one of the most anticipated bouts in recent memory but something feels off about the whole affair
What’s love got to do with learning?
Everything, in fact, if we’re going to fix South Africa’s broken education system
Selling Africa’s good news stories
Low pay and precarious work conditions for most African journalists lead many to seek work with Western news outlets
Cyberbullies a threat to new media
Independent journalism needs protection from self-censorship and commercial pressures
Saudi ‘kill team’s’ luggage contained syringes, scissors — report
According to a Turkish daily, these items may have been used against journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in the Saudi consulate
US Open to revamp seedings for pregnancy absences — report
The WTA Tour does not have protected seedings for players who return from absences