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Youth Month 2026: Building peace around migration through diplomacy and ubuntu
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1976 Soweto Uprising, South Africa's Youth Month focuses on building peace around migration. The article highlights the importance of…
Vusi Mahlasela has never stopped singing for change
South Africa’s most beloved troubadour on new music, staying rooted in Mamelodi and why peace is worth singing about
Billy Monama is staging a revival of memory
The Rebirth of Ubuntu returns with a focus on legacy, as Billy Monama pushes for music that remembers, questions and resonates beyond the stage
Power decides whose voice becomes truth and whose reputation has staying power
When dominant narratives control how communities or individuals are perceived, reputations are reduced to stereotypes, biases emerge, achievements are undervalued and potential…
How Ramaphosa Trump-ed his US counterpart: A global communication masterclass
The G20 Summit was a moment that announced to the world that the Global South is ready not only to contribute to global discourse but to shape it
People with disabilities are not broken
Ubuntu challenges the dominant views that dehumanise, isolate, stigmatise and exclude those living with disabilities
National dialogue: Only ‘ubuntu’ citizen actions, not talk shops, will solve SA’s problems
Building the country we want isn’t the government’s sole responsibility. People need to act and use the abilities they have to effect change
Solidarity, equality, sustainability: School’s campaign inspired by SA’s G20 theme
Limpopo’s Dr MJ Madiba Secondary School alumni have launched #50ToFifty to raise R20 000 for school infrastructure
Gen Z South Africans make ends meet through hustle and pragmatism
The findings challenge stereotypes, showing a generation that’s resourceful, pragmatic and shaping its own financial future
Ubuntu can help achieve the dream of zero landfill
Our waste-management sites are filling up fast, with serious health and environmental consequences
Workers’ Day: How the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration can promote social justice through ubuntu
The CCMA uses dialogue based on conciliation and mediation to transform labour relations
The ubuntu economy can help tackle South Africa’s youth unemployment crisis
Using an ubuntu-based approach, centring care, creativity and climate, the education system can be changed to better align with aspirations and market needs
Embracing pride and progress: Reflecting on 35 years of LGBTQIA+ advocacy in Africa
Koketso Rathumbu and esteemed panelists unpacked how violence still impacts the LGBTQIA+ community and how this marginalised population is affected by stigma and persisting…
Dear EFF, Africans do not insult the dead
The Economic Freedom Fighters spat on Gordhan, the real freedom fighter who embodied integrity
Moral regeneration has failed miserably in South Africa
Cynical politicians have repurposed ubuntu into people helping one another to eat a little