The Law Behind The Marievale Evictions: SANDF Was Never Deployed
With the residents of Marievale appearing in the Pretoria High Court on Wednesday, 9 May to have their housing rights protected, TIM FISH HODGSON...
Separating Fact From Fiction: The History of the Establishment of Israel
The establishment of the state of Israel was never recognised by the UN Security Council, which is the only body with the authority to...
Sub-Saharan migrants traded like merchandise in Libya
Black bodies are being traded at auctions in Libya, and the world has been slow to respond. It’s become such a part of Libyan...
Disconnect Between Business And State Contributed To Marikana Massacre
COMMENT
The Marikana massacre, in which 34 striking mineworkers were shot dead by police on 16 August 2012, was a tragic and historic event in...
Ali Abunimah: Palestine Needs Global Solidarity To Overcome Its Apartheid
South Africans may not be a military superpower or an economic superpower in global terms but it is a moral superpower - and it...
We cannot stay silent when justice is whisked away on a...
In light of the controversy surrounding Grace Mugabe’s visit to South Africa, and speedy departure, Mohau Bosiu says that we as Africans must hold...
Equal Education: Alternative Report Questions ‘Exoneration’ Of Doron Isaacs
On Tuesday, following the earlier release of the report of an inquiry into sexual harassment allegations against the Equal Education co-founder and treasurer Doron...
What does the reopening of Ahmed Timol’s inquest mean?
An inquest into South African Communist Party member and anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol's death is set to reopen on Monday, 45 years after his...
Treatment Action Campaign not pleased with David Makhura’s absence at #LifeEsidimeni...
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) was not pleased when it learnt that Gauteng premier David Makhura, did not attend the #LifeEsidimeni arbitration hearings on...
#ThisFlag’s Evan Mawarire: Zimbabweans Have Found Their Voice
Evan Mawarire says not much has changed in the new Zimbabwe but he is hopeful for a better future for his country. The civil...
#Biko40 reminds us the police are still brutal
On 12 September, South Africans commemorate 40 years since the death of Bantu Stephen Biko, anti-apartheid activist and founder of the Black Consciousness Movement....
Apartheid Denialism And Freedom Of Speech
Why is apartheid denialism in South Africa not a crime? More to the point, why is apartheid denialism not even mentioned in the bill...
Socio-Political Unrest In Anglophone Region of Cameroon
The colonisation of the Southern Cameroons, or the Federal Republic of Ambazonia, by La Republique du Cameroun, has been long and violent. PATRICK AGEJO...
SANDF Attempt To Use Police To Evict Marievale Residents
On 9 May, the Pretoria High Court ruled that the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) would need to vacate the former army base...
Racist St John’s teacher resigns after pressure from education MEC
A geography teacher at St John’s College (SJC) in Johannesburg, Keith Arlow, resigned on Friday for making racist comments and “bringing the school into...
South Africa begins investigation into peacekeeper sex abuse in Congo
A team of investigators have arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to investigate allegations made against two South African soldiers in the...
“Conspiracy Of Silence” Happening Around The Rohingya Muslims
After last year's condemnation around the violence which was being committed against the Rohingya Muslims, the world seems to have gone silent once more...
Allegations of intimidation and torture as Marievale residents are evicted from...
Residents from Marievale who were granted a court interdict on Wednesday are still being evicted from their homes on the military base in Nigel....
Drawing the line between corporal punishment and abuse in parenting
UPDATE: The Constitutional Court upholds a judgment which says spanking your child is illegal.
al.UPDATE: On 19 October 2017, a judge in the Johannesburg High...
Black-On-Black Colonialism: The Divide Between Francophone Cameroon And Anglophone Ambazonia
The struggle of the people of the English-speaking region of Cameroon made international headlines again last month when seven activists received prison sentences, ranging...