South Sudan Recognised as the 54th Sovereign State in Africa Fifteen years ago, on 9 July 2011, the new state of South Sudan gained its independence from the Sudan. After…
The Fallacy of A Best Constitution Is our Constitution a blueprint of freedom, a vehicle for a National Democratic Society that our ancestors envisaged when they met in Kliptown to…
20 June World Refugee Day and the Immigration Crisis in South Africa World Refugee Day is an international observance held annually on 20 June to honour the courage, strength and…
Mother of the Struggle: Albertina Sisulu Passes On in Johannesburg On 2 June 2011, mother and stalwart of the liberation struggle, Albertina Sisulu, fondly known as “Mama Sisulu”, the wife…
30 April International Jazz Day and the South African Revolution International Jazz Day is an International Day, which is celebrated annually on April 30, was declared by the United Nations…
South Africa After the 1994 Elections: A Luta Continua! (Excerpts of the South African Communist Party discussion document, titled “The Present Political Situation”, arising from first plenary meeting of its…
Julius Nyerere: Enhance Our Capacity as Africa to Develop If We Work Together (Extracts from a Speech by the late Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere to Parliament Members of South Africa,…
The Test for Any Revolution The Revolutionary Focus of the “test” implies that any political or social shift – a revolution – is useless if it does not improve the…
27 March – World Theatre Day “Theatre as a total art form can make us see what was, what is and what our world could be.”– Willem Dafoe, Message for…
Lucas Mangope: The Deluded Dictator On 10 March 1994, President Lucas Mangope, the leader of the Bophuthatswana, apartheid Bantustan, retreated from the capital, Mmabatho, to his hometown of Motswedi, located…