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Namibia MPs dub genocide deal with Germany 'apartheid'
Opposition MPs took turns to trash the $1.3-billion deal, accusing the government of sidelining them and the communities directly affected by the genocide during negotiations that reached agreement last month.
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RAMAPHOSA: It is up to us to make vision contained in our Constitution a reality
In the month that we celebrate the 25th anniversary of South Africa's Constitution, South Africans share a common responsibility, as both the state and citizens, to respect, protect, promote and fulfill the Bill of Rights, says President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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MCEBO DLAMINI: Demystifying the myth that blacks are lazy and do not think
We exist within a structure that makes it difficult and sometimes almost impossible for black people to progress, writes Mcebo Dlamini.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: After UCT library fire, we must again look at SA’s painful past
The burning of a library and the emotion it evokes also speaks to what makes a society what it is, what matters most to us and how we value knowledge as part of the society we want to build. What is it that should inform our common life, asks Judith February.
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55 years after forced removals, hope is blooming for District Six claimants
After one of the most callous dispossessions of apartheid, more than 100 District Six claimants will soon be able to return to the place they once called home.
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'There was no trust': Apartheid ghosts stalk SA's vaccine fears
Scepticism and suspicion have fed into a flurry of unsubstantiated conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic.
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OPINION: A response to using 'apartheid' in Israel - the shoe fits
Terming Israel an apartheid state is neither inappropriate nor an insult to us black South Africans, writes Duduzile Mahlangu-Masango.
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OPINION: It’s time for black people to reclaim the term 'apartheid'
Because we know intimately what apartheid involved, we have a duty to question whether it is an appropriate term for the Israel-Palestine question, writes Klass Mokgomole.
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Black crisis committee to lay murder complaint against Dr Wouter Basson
The committee said it was shocked to see Basson's name published among the staff members and doctors on Mediclinic website.
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‘This cruel system shall pass’ - Mkhwebane likens govt to apartheid regime
Mkhwebane made the comments on Twitter after a brief appearance at the Pretoria Magistrate Court earlier on Thursday where she was charged with three counts of perjury.
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Israel rights group breaks taboo with use of 'apartheid' tag
B'Tselem said it was an accurate description of Israel's attitude both to residents of the occupied Palestinian territories and to its own Arab citizens.
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Brendin Horner murder, Brackenfell saga dredge up SA's ugly apartheid past
Government has admitted that the state of race relations in the country remains fragile, with President Cyril Ramaphosa saying that while South Africa may have come a long way from the days of institutionalised racism, for many, reconciliation is something they are yet to experience.
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BUSANI NGCAWENI: Why COVID-19 is like the political violence of the early 90s
Whereas we know of the thief in the night, COVID-19 is a thief in the day. It is taking away people and loved ones in full sight, writes Busani Ngcaweni.
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Ramaphosa: We must address SA’s many social ills to achieve true reconciliation
‘Much as we continue to actively work to overcome the divisions in our society, deep and persistent challenges remain,’ President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday in his Reconciliation Day speech.
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ANALYSIS: What history teaches us about shaping SA’s new cannabis laws
Policy makers need to protect and promote the interests of people whose indigenous knowledge and toil developed a thriving national cannabis economy - in the face of harsh police crackdowns.
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ANC defends seeking BLA help for private prosecutions of apartheid era-crimes
In an October letter to the Black Lawyers Association, the governing party made a special appeal to the organisation to make legal expertise available to assist families who had struggled to institute private prosecutions.
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Joao Rodrigues’ lawyers argue he shouldn’t be jailed for Ahmed Timol’s murder
Rodrigues has filed an application for leave to appeal following the Johannesburg High Court’s decision to dismiss his plea for a permanent stay of prosecution.
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MCEBO DLAMINI: What heritage are SA's black people meant to celebrate?
What is the heritage for a people who have been stripped of language, culture and their very own history, asks Mcebo Dlamini.
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Ramaphosa backs campaign to remove statues glorifying SA's apartheid past
President Cyril Ramaphosa acknowledged that South Africa comes from a history of prejudice and exclusion, and said that since democracy in 1994, the country had worked to transform its heritage landscape.
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‘Falling of a great tree’: Ramaphosa pays respect to late George Bizos
Ramaphosa has been speaking at the human rights lawyer's special official funeral.
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DA condemns decision by Ramaphosa to remove statues honouring colonial figures
The party intends raising the issue with the chairperson of Parliament's portfolio committee on sports, arts, and culture.
