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Continuing our look at the life of Steve Biko, Heike Becker writes about two extraordinary events.
The recent riots are an attempt to force change after years of neglect by a state that has remained aloof and uninterested in the economic and...
If there is no material justice and investment in healing the generations of harm enacted onto South Africans, the rot in the country's wounds will overcome...
While the #FreeJacobZuma campaign is the catalyst, the violence has been fuelled by deep-rooted inequality, poverty, unemployment, trauma.
To riff off James Baldwin, there will be a fire next time in South Africa. The embers and kindling are in place. What matters is what...
In his new book, the Ugandan academic Mahmood Mamdani argues that breaking cycles of violence requires collective action. He finds hope in the unfinished project of...
A full confession can bring amnesty and immunity from prosecution or civil procedures for the crimes committed. Therein lies the central irony. As people give more...
Assuming today’s socioeconomic crisis benefits the Left is folly. That will only happen if we have the political vision to make class the fault line of...
The pressures young black un(der)employed men experience are at once economic and social given the pressure they face to not only “provide” for themselves and their...
When our political parties only have recourse to the realm of identity and culture, it is a smokescreen for their lack of political legitimacy and programmatic...
Zindzi Mandela’s childhood was difficult and tumultuous. However, even with a father in jail and a mother constantly harassed by the authorities, she chose to embrace...
