
From the Archive | The Mandé Charter of 1222
The charter, derived from the oral traditions of the Mandinka hunters from the bulge of Africa, affirms the universal value of human life.
The charter, derived from the oral traditions of the Mandinka hunters from the bulge of Africa, affirms the universal value of human life.
While droughts and floods scar the planet, the rulers with the power to change our climate future do nothing useful at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
Siphiwo Mahala gives fresh insight into the life of the Drum journalist, writer and teacher who opened his home to anyone who wanted to have an honest, engaging conversation.
An eSwatini chemist’s short story about early humans and murder has made it to this year’s Commonwealth prize shortlist. Yet, its author is disinclined to accept the title ‘writer’.
In this excerpt from a collection of the revolutionary’s writing, the man who fought for Vietnamese independence advises cadres to stay the distance in land reform programmes.
Facts mattered to the late economist, who died just weeks before his 83rd birthday on 17 May. But so did history and morality, and all three were a hallmark of his work.
If you really want decolonisation, go beyond cultural criticism to the deep structural insights of economist Samir Amin.
In this week’s cartoon, while Israeli security forces can kill a journalist who reported truthfully on their occupation of Palestine, they cannot eliminate the truth.
Commuters like the two new ‘people’s trains’ but still have to deal with delays and no-shows, safety issues and their employers’ ire when they’re held up getting to work.
Abakhweli bayabathanda aba ‘loliwe babantu’ batsha kodwa kusafuneka bejamelene nengxaki yokucotha nokungafiki kwabo, imiba yokhuseleko nomsindo wabaqeshi bakufika emva kwexesha emisebenzini.
In this week’s cartoon, Workers’ Party leader and former Brazilian president Lula da Silva is back in action, having officially announced his bid to evict Jair Bolsonaro from power.
Leigh Wentzel and Winston Thomas are stirring up the coffee scene in Cape Town with specialty blends to give communities a taste of quality java.
While it has the tense excitement of a crime novel, the considerable class, political and social undercurrents in Colson Whitehead’s Harlem Shuffle make it so much more.
Gold mining company Sibanye-Stillwater has reaped fat profits in recent quarters but refuses to share the windfall with striking workers. Instead, it lavishes obscene rewards on its chief executive Neal Froneman.
If they don’t drown, migrants sent back from their attempts to cross the Mediterranean Sea are often left to languish in detention centres, sometimes for years at a time.
Many African migrants and refugees see crossing the Mediterranean Sea as the only chance for a better life. Sally Hayden tells their harrowing stories in My Fourth Time, We Drowned.
South Africa’s notoriously corrupt passenger rail service, Prasa, has been robbing citizens of their right to public transport for years and now has the gall to vastly inflate its flood-damage bill to the taxpayer.
History professor Sekiba Lekgoathi reflects on his boyhood in this chapter of a book about historians who research precolonial history using a range of archival materials.
In a message before the 1958 elections, the future Nobel Peace Prize winner appealed to those allowed to vote to consider, when making their mark, disenfranchised South Africans.
After gangsters killed her son in Hanover Park, Avril Andrews started a foundation that feeds the hungry and supports mothers in finding justice for their murdered children.
As Durban reels from a catastrophic flood, newly elected ANC regional chairperson Zandile Gumede and her resurgent predatory faction are excited about the reconstruction budget.