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latest news & developmentsVictory Day is no commemoration
Honouring the victims of World War II by putting the world on the verge of World War III is insanity
Directors Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar push creative boundaries with Variations on a Theme
A poetic, genre-blurring film, Variations on a Theme excavates ancestral grief, memory and forgotten histories in a Northern Cape community still waiting for justice
Iran is not Venezuela
It is easier to start wars than to end them
Iran only needs to survive this war
There is no doubt that difficult days lie ahead of the global order as we know it since the end of World War II. Clearly, the USA has set a very dangerous precedent in terms of…
Apartheid, crimes against humanity: How the law remembers the past
The 80th anniversary of WWII is an opportune moment to reflect on the future of justice in South Africa
Refuse Trump’s return to open racism
As the US president rapidly escalates pressure on South Africa in the name of white citizens, we must stand up for reason and principle
French foreign lesions: An overdue reckoning
Colonial atrocities are finally catching up to Paris, and Emmanuel Macron’s government has not put up a fight
Durban to host 82nd anniversary of the ill-fated S.S. Tilawa (the ‘Indian Titanic’), sunk in World War II enemy action
Lost but not forgotten – The Durban commemoration will be a whole day event
Poppy Day: When did we forget to remember?
The act of remembrance is the recognition of the futility of war and mourning the loss of men and women whose future ended too soon
Europe is sleepwalking into another world war
Russia is at war with Ukraine because it is at war with Nato, which is commanded by the United States
Europe is sleepwalking into another world war
Russia is at war with Ukraine because it is at war with Nato, which is commanded by the United States
Even the mind of Dante could not imagine the inferno a nuclear war will plunge us into
The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trial and errors, its success and setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned
Into outer space with a synthesiser: How Berlin’s free spaces nurtured avant-garde music
The cultural shifts in post-war Germany led to truly distinct forms of pop music, particularly in Berlin
Psychologists talk: Is the United Nations capable of resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict (or indeed any modern crisis)?
Suntosh Pillay speaks to fellow psychologist Anton Botha, who is also a former UN staff member, about Israel and Palestine and whether or not the United Nations is abdicating its…
Israel-Palestine conflict: The past laid the violent foundations
Israel’s iron grip over Palestinians had its beginnings in the demise of the Ottoman Empire and Britain and France’s arbitrary mapping out of the Middle East