Post Apartheid South Africa
latest news & developmentsRewriting Winnie Madikizela-Mandela through the eyes of her grandchildren
Refusing neat conclusions, The Trials of Winnie Mandela invites viewers into an uncomfortable but necessary confrontation with history, legacy, and generational trauma
Berita’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
Fruit of freedom withers under broken land deal
The death of Spokes Sithole at 108 exposes the broken promise of one of South Africa’s largest land restitution settlements, where freedom and land ownership have not translated…
‘Isitha Sabantu’: The new frontier for anti-colonial theatre
A powerful reflection on how Isitha Sabantu channels Fanon’s radical thought into a deeply political, emotionally resonant theatre of resistance and remembrance
Ramaphosa to ANC members: campaigning for 2026 elections is mandatory
He said the party would be run strictly, with zero tolerance for corruption, ill-discipline and factionalism
A lens, pen and a cause
Three new books spotlight Indian South Africans who helped shape the nation — through resistance, reflection and reinvention in unexpected places
Africa mourns visionary leader Tito Mboweni, champion of integrity and governance reform
Throughout his career, Tito highlighted the importance of involving young people in governance structures alongside experienced leaders
On conspiracy theories and hopelessness in the Rainbow Nation
A resurgent conspiracy theory that Nelson Mandela died in 1985 reveals the growing hopelessness in South Africa that rampant inequality is irreversible
Rule of law requires our real respect
Be aware that history repeats itself — even when two types of government appear vastly different
Apartheid’s grim hostels still home to generations of women
Change is slow in coming to the single-sex hostels plagued by social and infrastructural problems
Escape post-apartheid nightmare by going beyond limited boxes to post post-apartheid
For as long as we trap ourselves in our narrow categories and views, we won’t find the path to a truly liberated, humanist future.
Me, the Uber driver and Ali
The Uber driver and I both had smartphones and the app, but that did not mean that we inhabited the same world — not by a long shot.
New protest film lays bare SA’s unresolved pain and its wrath
Soweto, Time of Wrath is an unfiltered portrait of the raw realities of post-apartheid South Africa.