The Incredible Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o “Our lives are a battlefield on which is fought a continuous war between the forces that are pledged to confirm our humanity and those determined…
African Armed Forces and Social Transformation The military is one of the most firmly established institutions within the post-colonial African state. Moreover, as an icon of independence and sovereignty, it…
Rise for Rafah! Global Solidarity with the Palestinians! The 10 May 2025 campaign was intended to deliver a shock to the global economy and to send a powerful message to…
May Day: Forward To Workers’ Unity May Day is a very special day for the working people, not just of South Africa, but of the whole world. It is the…
Fidel Castro Resigns On 24 February 2008, the Cuban National Assembly of People’s Power unanimously voted Raúl Castro Ruz, Fidel Castro’s brother, as President and Commander-in-Chief of the Cuban Revolutionary…
The Controversial Ali Mazrui Ali Al’amin Mazrui (24 February 1933 – 12 October 2014), was a Kenyan-born American academic, professor, and political writer on African and Islamic studies, and North-South…
Fare-thee-well Comrade Sam Nujoma Fare-thee-well Conquering Lion of Namibia,Commander-in-Chief of the People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN),Comrade Sam Nujoma Today we woke up to the sad news of the passing…
On 24 January 1994, The Times of London newspaper reported that with South Africa’s first multi-racial election campaign kicking into high gear, the apartheid National Party (NP) opened an office…
On this day, 23 January 2018, a South African jazz and Afro-fusion music icon, Hugh Masekela, passed away peacefully at his home in Johannesburg, South Africa, surrounded by his family.…
On 6 January 1995, Joe Slovo, the communist intellectual widely credited with being one of the masterminds of South Africa's revolutionary struggle and national reconciliation, died after a long battle…