Safa needs reforms, not simply a new leader
Regardless of who is elected president of South Africa’s football governing body on 25 June, the issues plaguing the game will persist because the leading candidates are part of the problem.
Analysis
Let the people make their own history
History has shown that the only way to achieve democracy, dignity and freedom is through mass struggle and organising. The people of Swaziland and Morocco continue to fight.
Echoes down the corridor: The meaning of June 16
The class of 1976 shook off the previous generation’s climate of fear and showed the country what it could achieve through mobilisation. Now, more than ever, we need to take heed.
Harness Africa’s knowledge to curb deadly diseases
Homegrown solutions built on regional knowledge addressed the Aids and tuberculosis epidemics. The same approach can be applied to other health crises for the benefit of humanity.
Senzo Meyiwa’s trial also puts language in the dock
South Africa’s judicial system uses mostly English, even though the country has 11 official languages. A lack of courtroom interpreters means African-language speakers are disadvantaged.
Nato entrenches itself in Africa
The war in Libya, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s first major military operation on the continent, was part of a strategy to coalesce Western power and expansion into Africa.
UK forges ahead with its controversial refugee plan
The countdown has begun for asylum seekers in the United Kingdom who are destined to be sent to Rwanda, where they will have to remain while their applications are processed.
The Taliban’s bid to make Afghan women invisible
Afghanistan’s tightening control on women is reversing many of their rights in that country, with women now ordered to wear veils, travel with men and stay out of schools.
Russia’s war will worsen the global food crisis
The Global South will suffer most as colonial legacies, climate change and capitalism continue to plunge millions of people into hunger.
Bolivian activists refuse to be in the margins
Asking vital questions for humanity’s future, including about water, land and collective decision-making, the Indigenous people of the South American country fight for an equal world.
Stellenbosch urination emblematic of deeper racism
Though the Stellenbosch university student’s act needs to be condemned, obvious discrimination is a symptom of an ingrained hierarchical system that continues to favour white people.
Sibongile Mani doesn’t deserve a tarnished name
The student convicted of spending financial aid money that wasn’t hers has been granted leave to appeal her five-year prison sentence. It is a step towards justice, dignity and humanity.
We need a president – woman or man – who cares
Having a woman leader of the country would show a shift in gender equity, but more than that, South Africa needs someone morally unimpeachable who listens to the impoverished.
Mali ejects French forces amid serious challenges
The fractious relationship between the two countries has reached a new low with France being ordered to leave immediately. This has many implications for the strife-torn region.
Shireen Abu Akleh’s murder hurts oppressed people
The journalist is among more than 50 reporters who have died at the hands of the Israeli regime and is remembered for bravely giving a voice to Palestinians.
Digital switch will leave millions without TV
The analogue television signal will be turned off on 30 June in a move that will bar impoverished households from access and sink community television stations.
Statement of solidarity with Abahlali baseMjondolo
Noam Chomsky, Ruth Wilson Gilmour and others pledge their support for the shack dwellers’ movement and call for solidarity in the wake of the assassination of Nokuthula Mabaso.
Floods and disaster capitalism prey on KwaZulu-Natal
The recent devastation in Durban and surrounds shows the fatal intersection between climate change and kleptocracy in a political environment hostile to all alternatives.
Chief executives really don’t need to earn so much
There’s a limit to how much one person can spend and it falls way below what top executives are paid in South Africa. Inequality will remain until the wealthy concede this.
Why non-alignment is urgent for the Global South
We have been outside looking in for too long to believe the West will give us a seat at their table. We need financial autonomy and development that can withstand the attacks of the major powers.
A steady ticking towards the hour of the hangman
The xenophobic and violent Operation Dudula is part of a global trend of rising right-wing vigilantism that is finding favour in an era of crisis.