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Frantz Fanon

What colonialism hides and the selected class interests it serves (Part 2)

Africa

What colonialism hides and the selected class interests it serves (Part 2)

By Jeff Rudin

Promised land is a battleground — inside a Cato Manor informal settlement

South Africa

Promised land is a battleground — inside a Cato Manor informal settlement

By Greg Ardé

Overcoming historic trauma – all South Africa needs is love (and compassion)

South Africa

Overcoming historic trauma – all South Africa needs is love (and compassion)

By William Gumede

The history of Africa is central to the story of the modern world — Africa needs to write itself back into history

Africa

The history of Africa is central to the story of the modern world — Africa needs to write itself back into history

By Bryan Rostron

We must defuse South Africa’s xenophobia time bomb - now

South Africa

We must defuse South Africa’s xenophobia time bomb - now

By Jay Naidoo

White guilt, black shame — we can begin to heal SA’s twin wounds with courage, intelligence and compassion

South Africa

White guilt, black shame — we can begin to heal SA’s twin wounds with courage, intelligence and compassion

By Diane Salters

Ramaphosa: The way young South Africans are stepping up in the fight against Covid-19 fills me with hope and pride

South Africa

Ramaphosa: The way young South Africans are stepping up in the fight against Covid-19 fills me with hope and pride

By Cyril Ramaphosa

South Africa’s lack of economic complexity is our real problem, and it’s driven by cadre deployment and the unions

Business Maverick

South Africa’s lack of economic complexity is our real problem, and it’s driven by cadre deployment and the unions

By Thomas Koelble

The rise and fall of South African cultural policy: The lessons we learnt from Australia (and then forgot)

South Africa

The rise and fall of South African cultural policy: The lessons we learnt from Australia (and then forgot)

By Keyan G Tomaselli

To Graeme Bloch, who taught us to find our way by looking down at the ground and up at the stars

South Africa

To Graeme Bloch, who taught us to find our way by looking down at the ground and up at the stars

By Western Cape Students Congress

Music to be healed by: Behind the sound of jazz ensemble, iPhupho L’ka Biko

Magazine

Music to be healed by: Behind the sound of jazz ensemble, iPhupho L’ka Biko

By Lusanda Luthuli

South Africa: The upside-down world of racial capitalism and Black Lives Matter, Part 2

South Africa

South Africa: The upside-down world of racial capitalism and Black Lives Matter, Part 2

By Jeff Rudin