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Lessons from South Africa’s past for a future of collective empowerment
Education’s role in fostering critical consciousness and political engagement has been side-lined in favour of a narrow focus on individual success and economic competitiveness
Unlike the government, we must practise what we preach
Unlike ANC governments, we must practise consistent, inclusive solidarity and internationalism
Brash photographer Ernest Cole revisited
House of Bondage: The book that shocked the world
What happens when the unacceptable is said out loud
Authoritarian systems reject challenges to themselves – yet just that is happening in Ukraine and Russia, China and Iran
Wokeism and cancel culture leave ethics on the rocks
Nomically, the left advocates pluralism and promotes difference, but only within a network of fixed, essentialized identities, and so permissiveness becomes prohibition.
A deadly decade for Somalia’s journalists
On average, five Somali journalists are killed every year, but in the absence of political will to change the situation, the killers are allowed to continue with impunity
Shireen Abu Akleh’s murder hurts oppressed people
The journalist is among more than 50 reporters who have died at the hands of the Israeli regime and is remembered for bravely giving a voice to Palestinians
‘I was jailed for doing journalism – and the nightmare is not over’
Eight months ago, the Zimbabwean government arrested Jeffrey Moyo after he worked with colleagues from The New York Times reporting on Zimbabwe. His next court date is 14 February
A thick cloud of oppression is brewing over Zambia
As the August 2021 elections loom, activists fear a renewed crack down on human rights
The political life of Diego Maradona
The icon who died on 25 November 2020 was more than just the greatest footballer of all time. From Argentina to Palestine he represented the experiences of the outsider, the…
A distress signal from Soweto in 1977
A Window on Soweto by Joyce Sikakane-Rankin provided insight during apartheid censorship
Face the challenge of racial ambiguity
Understanding who we coloured people are and not trying to fit into one race group or another is the way to the future
Take on Trump: We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes
Donald Trump will lead the United States, but we cannot sit back being fearful, we must fight for all people’s rights.
Apartheid can happen again, says Pieter-Dirk Uys
Comedian Pieter-Dirk Uys says South Africans could face a new system of oppression if they don’t get more involved and hold government accountable.