Sharpeville

Saturday, 21 March, marks 66 years since 69 people were killed and close to 200 others injured when police opened fire on marchers in Sharpeville on this date in 1960. All things…

While a bridge may symbolise connection, many South Africans still begin their journeys from vastly unequal social starting points

As we go to the polls, and in the light of Israel’s genocide in Palestine, we should reflect on what freedom means and the power of our vote

The president conceded the country could not claim to respect human rights if it did not ensure equal access to land, housing, food, water, healthcare and education

His family suspects a cover-up after the Bucs star was murdered in Soweto after he was questioned by the police

The history of clubbing in Jo’burg is less about physical space and fading memories, but about the sheer, frightful necessity of dancing

Review: Bloody Sunday: The Nun, the Defiance Campaign and South Africa’s Secret Massacre by Mignonne Breier

The Colombian government’s violent repression of political dissent is dangerous

The only time change has occurred in South Africa is in response to global events such as World War II. The country is once again facing such an event — Covid-19 — and will have…

Tsepo Gumbi’s photographs bring a more complex view of a place that has been so singularly defined as to be unknowable

ArcelorMittal, charged with toxic air and water pollution, seems to have bulldozed through graves to create a perimeter fence

Residents are angry that commemorating the massacre has not resulted in a better life for them

Nomvo Booi was as important to the battle against apartheid as her male counterparts

Veteran photographer Peter Magubane inspires both hero worship and interrogation, proof that at 86, he’s passed into the realm of legend

The bitter conflict highlights the shame of the world after 70 years of Palestinian suffering