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As we grieve George Floyd, we mourn and grieve our children’s innocence as once again we have to explain how this country’s racism has taken yet another black person’s life. (Graphic: John McCann/M&G)
AMERICA
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‘Soon he’ll be seen as threatening, not cute’: What it’s like to raise my black son in America

There is no separating George Floyd’s killing from the struggles black people have faced ever since the first slave ships landed on these shores

  • Ifrah Udgoon
6 min read
The series’ strength is interviews with the family, both past and present, George Zimmerman’s own words on tape and interviews with the crack team of civil rights lawyers who quickly took on the case. (AFP)
BLACK LIVES MATTER

New series spotlights Trayvon Martin killing

Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story premiered on the Paramount Network and BET on Monday, a docu-series bankrolled in part by rap mogul Jay Z

  • Jennie Matthew
4 min read
BLACK LIVES MATTER

Blackballing Kaepernick: Fear of the black athlete

By blackballing Colin Kaepernick, NFL owners are telling all black athletes to stay silent and subservient.

  • Khaled A Beydoun
7 min read
Swaziland’s judicial crisis spilled onto the streets of the Mbabane on September 21 2011 as lawyers protested against controversial Chief Justice Michael Ramodibedi
APARTHEID

A month when black history and activism take centre stage

The story of Assata Shakur – wanted by the FBI since 1973 – shows how revolutionaries do not ‘drop from the moon’ but are shaped by society.

  • Katlego Mkhwanazi
6 min read
MICHAEL BROWN

Police ‘executed my unarmed son’- #Ferguson in 7 pictures

The St Louis suburb of Ferguson enters its fifth day of unrest as police crackdown on demonstrators protesting the killing of an unarmed black teen.

  • Sthembiso Sithole
2 min read
Wouter Basson smiles during a break in the Truth and Reconciliation hearings in 1998.
MICHAEL BROWN

St Louis protests grow over teen’s death

Tensions have risen in the St Louis suburb where Michael Brown (18) was shot multiple times by a police officer.

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read
GEORGE ZIMMERMAN

Zimmerman arrested after domestic dispute with girlfriend

George Zimmerman – acquitted in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin – has been arrested for allegedly pointing a gun at his girlfriend, say police.

  • Barbara Liston
3 min read
The SABC is probably the only public broadcaster in the world with such a wide-ranging public broadcast mandate that is almost completely funded by the private sector.
GEORGE MARTIN

Zimmerman got away with murder, says juror

A juror says that she feels neighbourhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman got away with murder for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin.

  • Sapa Ap
3 min read
GEORGE ZIMMERMAN

Thousands rally to protest Trayvon Martin verdict

Demonstrators took to the streets in US cities on Saturday to vent their anger over the acquittal of the man who shot unarmed Trayvon Martin to death.

  • Reuters
4 min read
GEORGE ZIMMERMAN

Acquittal in Trayvon Martin case a travesty

Not-guilty verdict for George Zimmerman, charged with killing an unarmed teen in the US raises painful questions, writes Gary Younge.

  • Gary Younge
4 min read
The protesters skirmished with police along several streets in the Crenshaw District in southwestern Los Angeles.
GEORGE ZIMMERMAN

Trayvon Martin related protests sees 13 arrests

At least 13 protesters have been arrested in Los Angeles in a second night of unrest over the acquittal at trial of George Zimmerman, say officials.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
The SABC is probably the only public broadcaster in the world with such a wide-ranging public broadcast mandate that is almost completely funded by the private sector.
GEORGE MARTIN

Trayvon Martin juror reveals details of case debate

A juror from the trial of George Zimmerman for the death of Trayvon Martin said the six-women panel was sharply divided when deliberations began.

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
The series’ strength is interviews with the family, both past and present, George Zimmerman’s own words on tape and interviews with the crack team of civil rights lawyers who quickly took on the case. (AFP)
GEORGE ZIMMERMAN

Trayvon Martin: Black leaders call for civil case as protests grow

Demonstrators have condemned George Zimmerman’s acquittal as black community leaders call for a civil rights case in the US for Trayvon Martin.

  • Richard Luscombe
6 min read
George Zimmerman after a not guilty verdict was handed down in his trial in Sanford
TRAYVON MARTIN

Jury acquits George Zimmerman in killing of Trayvon Martin

A Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman on Saturday in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.

  • Ellen Wulfhorst
4 min read
CHRIS FRANCESCANI

Zimmerman apologises for killing US teen

George Zimmerman has apologised to the family of the black Florida teenager he shot dead in a surprise testimony before being granted bail.

  • Barbara Liston
  • Chris Francescani
3 min read