Are We Willing to Send Our Parents to Jail?
SPONSORED COMMENT The current trajectory of South Africa’s attempt to rebuild from the Zuma (plus the last 5 Mbeki)...
‘Jozi Gold’ Documentary Examines The Dark Heart Of Mining In SA
Mining activities have wreaked havoc across South Africa, in a variety of communities. Big companies come to the communities, mine the land,...
Botswana Scraps Anti-Gay Laws: What It Means
EXPLAINER The Botswana High Court made history on June 11 when it struck down a section in the country’s...
Harris Dousemetzis On Telling The TRUE Story Of “The Man Who...
“The Man Who Killed Apartheid” is a book aiming to contribute to “a post-colonial intellectual history of South Africa.” It is book...
Sudan: How Saudi Arabia Is Helping Military Crackdowns On Protests
EXPLAINER A suspension of Sudan’s African Union (AU) membership. This comes after the extreme violence meted out by the...
Queens Of The Kingdom: A Portrait Of Saudi Women
BOOK REVIEW The Saudi Arabian woman is veiled in mystery: global media narratives paint her as locked in a...
Higher Education Minister Appoints Sexual Violence In Universities Task Team
Students have been consistently protesting the rampant sexual harassment and violence that takes place at institutions of higher learning. Hoping to address...
Nkosikho Mbele: Public Outcry After BackaBuddy Holds Donated Funds
Social media users have raised concerns over crowd funder BackaBuddy’s decision not to pay campaign money into petrol attendant Nkosikho Mbele’s personal...
What We Learned About Social Justice In Ramadan
COLUMN Social justice is intrinsically linked to the Islamic faith. The Qur’an (3:104) calls on Muslims to “be a...
BDS-SA Clears Muhammed Desai Of Sexual Harassment Allegations
Boycott Divestment and Sanctions South Africa (BDS-SA) co-founder and director Muhammed Desai has been cleared of sexual harassment accusations. An independent investigation...
#MosqueMeToo: Nouman Ali Khan Invited As Guest To Cape Town Mosque
Masjidul-Quds (known as Gatesville Mosque) has invited American-based Muslim preacher Nouman Ali Khan as a guest scholar for the holy month of...
Know Your Rights: Sexual Harassment in SA
EXPLAINER Those accused of sexual harassment often deny that the behaviour they’re accused of is sexual harassment. But sexual...
BDS-SA Mum On Details Of Desai Investigation
Several attempts to contact Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions South Africa (BDS-SA) have been unsuccessful. The Palestinian solidarity organisation was due to start...
#ApartheidBanks: Still Waiting For Justice
UPDATE: Authorities in Belgium and Luxembourg are refusing to investigate apartheid economic crimes, the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS) said in...
BDS-SA Launched Investigation Into Desai Allegations, Boardmember Says
Update: The BDS-SA board received the findings of the investigation this weekend which cleared Desai of sexual harassment, board member Tisetso...
Sudan’s Omar Al-Bashir Deposed: What Next?
EXPLAINER After almost 30 years in power, Sudan’s Omar Al-Bashir was ousted and arrested by the army on...
Beyond The Gender Summit: Where To From Here
NEWS ANALYSIS A number of steps have been taken to address the scourge of gender-based violence (GBV) and femicide...
Democracy Works Academy: Training Tomorrow’s Leaders
Calling all young South African leaders with an interest in building democracy! The Democracy Works Foundation (DWF), in...
Afrophobia, Islamophobia & White Supremacy: Join The Dots
COMMENT To those who felt that the #ChristChurch attacks represented some white dude's (supremacist) hatred of Islam and Muslims...
Life In A Durban Hostel Is A Nightmare
March 21 marks Human Rights Day annually, where South Africans commemorate the events of Sharpeville Massacre, however, for hostel dwellers around Durban...
