The Struggles of South African Artists May the Undying Spirit of Mam’ Nandi Nyembe Rest in Eternity🙏🏾 One of the most glaring issues is the status of artists in South…
ATTACKING THE HEART OF APARTHEID: THE ANC’S MK SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIT Yunus Carrim For over three decades, the remarkable story of Umkhonto we Sizwe’s Special Operations Unit has remained largely…
Remembering the Marikana Massacre Yesterday we observed the 13th Anniversary of the vicious Marikana Massacre, which occurred on 16 August 2012 in a supposedly benevolent post-apartheid South Africa. Following the…
South Africa’s Second Chance Extracts from Eddy Maloka, 2024 Book: “South Africa’s Second Chance” A crisis is a moment in history when the old can no longer hold, when something…
Remembering John Garang: 20 Years On John Garang De Mabior died in a helicopter crash on 30 July 2005. Even when John Garang promoted the New Sudan Vision (NSV) over…
Cementing Ties Preparing for a Stronger Future (Excerpts of a Speech by President Netumbo Ndemupelila Nandi-Ndaitwah, President of SWAPO Party and of the Republic of Namibia) “Together, we will honour…
Fidel Castro and Religion (Christianity) According to The Washington Post, the late former president of Cuba, Fidel Castro’s letters from prison suggest that he “was a man of unusual spiritual…
7Oth Anniversary of the Freedom Charter: The Loadstar of the National Democratic Revolution (Extracts of a Document titled “Revolutionary Programme of the African National Congress: An Analysis of the Freedom…
TELLING OUR OWN STORIES, OUR HISTORY, OUR HERITAGE Storytelling, especially about our history, has always been at the heart of African culture and life. Through song, art, poetry, dance and…
Tribute to the Legendary Rashid Lombard “Artists give people something they didn’t know they were missing.” – Daniel Pink The jazz photographer and political photojournalist, Rashid Lombard, gave custody of…