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...
A law to allow the seizure of white-owned land could have a profoundly negative impact that goes well beyond the violation of fundamental human rights. Its...
The recent Afrophobic attacks in South Africa are symptoms of a deeper problem that has its roots in the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885.
Anti-African violence in South Africa is fuelled by exclusion, poverty and rampant unemployment. This isn’t black-on-black violence. This is poor-on-poor violence.
Julius Malema the EFF Party leader in a press statement on 5th September 2019 condemning the ongoing killing torture of Nigerians and other Africans in the...
Julius Malema, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party leader giving a keynote address during the final rally at Orlando stadium in Soweto, South Africa on 5th May...
At no point in its history did Africa have a more educated youth population than today. But at no point in its history did so many...
