Sunday, 18 August 2019
This letter by Moses Kotane, which was written in Cradock to the Johannesburg District Party Committee of the South African Communist Party, argues that the party must root itself in the African context.
For years Kholosa Tshandana did not know her grandfather’s real name or story. One day, there was a special moment and a story of resilience, political determination and strength began to unfold.
In this week’s cartoon by Carlos, former president Jacob Zuma clears his throat – but not the air – in his first day of testimony at the Zondo commission.
Central to the movement against capital is the use of new forms of communication – including poetry – to produce and establish realities that defy the prosaic logic of everyday oppression.
Allama Iqbal’s political viewpoint was centred on reforming Muslim societies and it was this vision, along with the concept of khudi or higher self, that became a source of inspiration for Kashmiris.
Bongani Nyoka’s book includes a biography of Archie Mafeje, and a collection of his writings grounded in the search for political freedom and cultural liberation.
Caryn Dolley has spent the past seven years investigating the criminal underworld in Cape Town, getting to know its murky figures, dealing with death threats and writing a book about it all.
Cycling is affordable and good for the environment but South Africa’s busiest city has failed to make room and safety measures available for those who cycle.
In this week’s cartoon, Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane fishes around in Pravin Gordhan’s trash can – but that bad smell is coming from right behind her.
There’s a feeling of hope in Amsterdam since the town’s younger residents began fundraising and organising events to uplift and empower the youth.
An erudite scholar, complex writer and revered teacher, Peter Hudson bequeathed the enduring value of learn and teach, teach and learn. Through him, countless people learnt to be better thinkers and better people too.
By hand, land, prison and sea, enclosure preceded the industrial revolution, leading Karl Marx to describe it as the original form of accumulation, “written in letters of blood and fire” that gave birth to capitalism.
In this essay, published in 1949, Claudia Jones describes the treatment of black women in America, calling for organisation against white chauvinism and imperialism.
Unisa’s Sally Hutchings protested against apartheid in 1987 using the contents of her fridge, which ultimately gave her the last laugh and made her a bumper sticker icon.
In this week’s cartoon, Sudan’s generals prey on the dreams of the people.
Clever technology and a passion for superheroes allowed architect Jamie Mitchell to ramp up the power of prosthetics and give a little boy new zest for life.
On 30 June 1960, the first Congolese Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba, stood up and addressed not the assembled politicians nor the nervous Belgian elite, but rather his newly liberated people.
Her journey from anti-apartheid journalist to tweeting politician has seen Zille become a purveyor of paranoid anti-intellectualism and right wing ideas.
Peter Hudson recalls the thought and work of Rick Turner, the radical philosopher and trade unionist assassinated in Durban in 1978, focusing on how his philosophical orientation always revolved around action.
By creating a dystopia where no one reads and books have all but disappeared, Ben Okri challenges us to question what it means to live in a post-truth world.
In this week’s cartoon, South Africa’s once-inspiring sports teams do little to improve the national mood.