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After a five-year hiatus, the Pulitzer winner Kendrick Lamar drops his latest album. Picture: @kendricklamar/Twitter.

Black lives matter movement

Social media react to Kendrick Lamar's latest offering

By Palesa Manaleng

Kendrick Lamar has been dubbed the voice of a generation by some and in his latest album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers he takes a vulnerable approach to talk...

  • The 29-year-old former KZN rugby star Lindani Myeni was shot dead by Hawaii police on Wednesday 14 April 2021. Picture: Facebook

    EFF calls for Dirco’s intervention after Lindani Myeni is killed by Hawaii cops

    The 29-year-old former KZN rugby star was shot dead by Hawaii police on Wednesday, in an incident where Honolulu authorities reportedly responded to a burglary in progress.

    481 days ago
  • Wanda Cooper-Jones, mother of Ahmaud Arbery, center, talks with people after a candlelight vigil for Arbery at New Springfield Baptist Church on 23 February 2021 in Waynesboro, Georgia. Arbery, a Black man, was shot and killed while jogging near Brunswick, Georgia a year ago today after being chased by two white men. Picture: Sean Rayford/AFP

    Mother sues over US killing of jogger Ahmaud Arbery

    Wanda Cooper seeks $1 million in damages in the suit that names the three white men charged with killing her 25-year-old son, who was unarmed and out for a run when he was gunned down on 23 February 2020.

    533 days ago
  • FILE: Demonstrators pose for a photo in front of a local restaurant in the NULU neighborhood on a third day of protest over the lack of criminal charges in the police killing of Breonna Taylor and the result of a grand jury inquiry, in Louisville, Kentucky, on 25 September 2020. Picture: AFP

    Police officers involved in Breonna Taylor case fired

    Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency room aide, was shot six times after police forced their way into her apartment as she slept with her boyfriend on 13 March.

    589 days ago
  • South African players, the Proteas, raised their fists in an anti-racism gesture at the start of their two-Test series against Sri Lanka at SuperSport Park in Centurion, in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Picture: @OfficialCSA/Twitter

    Proteas raise fists in anti-racism gesture in support of Black Lives Matter

    The players were criticised for not 'taking a knee' ahead of a recent series against England as had been done by other sporting teams following the death of George Floyd in the United States earlier in the year.

    593 days ago
  • FILE: Protesters gather at Times Square to march uptown via the Henry Hudson Parkway on August 9, 2020 in New York City. Protesters took to the streets to demand the arrest of the officer responsible for the death of Breonna Taylor on March 13, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky.

    Family of US police shooting victim Breonna Taylor settles civil case for $12m

    The civil settlement was substantial and relatively quick, reflecting the public pressure and emotion surrounding the case of the 26-year-old, which became a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement.

    694 days ago
  • FILE: Protesters gather at Times Square to march uptown via the Henry Hudson Parkway on August 9, 2020 in New York City. Protesters took to the streets to demand the arrest of the officer responsible for the death of Breonna Taylor on March 13, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky.

    Family of US police shooting victim Breonna Taylor settles civil case

    Taylor, 26, was killed on 13 March when three plainclothes police officers executing a "no knock" search warrant burst into her apartment in Louisville, Kentucky late at night.

    695 days ago
  • Naomi Osaka of Japan celebrates with the trophy after winning her Women's Singles final match against Victoria Azarenka of Belarus on Day Thirteen of the 2020 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on 12 September 2020 in the Queens borough of New York City. Picture: @usopen/Twitter

    Osaka's third Grand Slam, anti-racism stand, hailed in Japan

    Osaka, of Japanese and Haitian heritage, wore different masks for each of her seven matches in the tournament, honouring victims of racial injustice and police brutality.

    697 days ago
  • Tennis star Naomi Osaka. Picture: 123rf.com

    Osaka using US Open as platform for activism

    The 22-year-old fourth seed has spoken out repeatedly in the wake of the protests that swept the United States following the death of George Floyd during a confrontation with police in May.

    709 days ago
  • Democratic presidential nominee former US Vice President Joe Biden waves as he disembarks from an airplane at New Castle Airport in New Castle, Delaware,  31 August 2020, following travel to Pennsylvania for campaign events. Picture: AFP.

    Biden accuses 'toxic' Trump of fanning US unrest

    'The incumbent president is incapable of telling us the truth, incapable of facing the facts and incapable of healing.'

    709 days ago
  • FILE: Lady Gaga attends AT&T TV Super Saturday Night at Meridian at Island Gardens on 1 February 2020 in Miami, Florida. Picture: AFP

    Lady Gaga wins big at socially distanced - and socially aware - VMAs

    Lady Gaga took home trophies including Artist of the Year and Song of the Year for Rain on Me, her collaboration with Ariana Grande.

    710 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on 3 August 2020 in Washington, DC. Picture: AFP

    Trump presses law and order message as protest turns deadly

    Anti-racism protests roiling US cities have become a major issue in the campaign for November's presidential election.

    711 days ago
  • A general overall view of the Milwaukee Bucks against the Orlando Magic for Game five of the first round of the 2020 Playoffs as part of the NBA Restart 2020 on 26 August 2020 at AdventHealth Arena in Orlando, Florida. Picture: AFP

    NBA playoffs resume Saturday as league vows more social support

    NBA commissioner Adam Silver and National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts said in a joint statement that 'all parties agreed to resume NBA playoff games on Saturday'.

    713 days ago
  • FILE: Dwayne Johnson arrives at a movie premierein Hollywood, California. Picture: AFP

    Dwayne Johnson, Under Armour delay sneaker launch in wake of Wisconsin shooting

    The sportswear maker’s move comes after several professional athletes refused to play games on Wednesday to protest racial injustice, hitting the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer.

    714 days ago
  • A general overall view of the Milwaukee Bucks against the Orlando Magic for Game five of the first round of the 2020 Playoffs as part of the NBA Restart 2020 on 26 August 2020 at AdventHealth Arena in Orlando, Florida. Picture: AFP

    NBA players vote to continue playoff season

    ESPN and The Athletic website said players attending a meeting in Orlando had agreed to resume the playoffs, although games scheduled for Thursday would be postponed.

    714 days ago
  • Protesters take cover behind a dumpster as they confront police in front of the Kenosha County Courthouse during a third night of unrest on 25 August 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Picture: AFP

    Wisconsin city calm but police shooting reverberates across US

    Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul on Wednesday identified Rusten Sheskey as the white police officer who fired seven shots at the back of Jacob Blake after Blake opened his car door on Sunday.

    714 days ago
  • Demonstrators carry a wounded person, during a clash with law enforcement, on 25 August 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Picture: AFP

    Teen arrested in shooting deaths at Wisconsin protest against police brutality

    The lakeside city of Kenosha has been rocked by civil unrest since Sunday, when police shot Jacob Blake, 29, in the back at close range.

    715 days ago
  • Demonstrators carry a wounded person, during a clash with law enforcement, on 25 August 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Picture: AFP

    Two dead as gunfire erupts at Wisconsin protests over shooting of black man

    Kenosha has been rocked by protests since Sunday, when police shot Jacob Blake, 29, in the back at close range.

    715 days ago
  • People walk by cars torched by protestors a few blocks from the County Court House during a demonstration against the shooting of Jacob Blake, who was shot in the back multiple times by police the day before, prompting community protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin on 24 August 2020. Picture: AFP

    Black man shot by US police may not walk again, says his family

    Jacob Blake was shot Sunday by a white policeman while getting into a car that held his three children after trying to break up a domestic dispute, according to civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, who is representing the Blake family.

    716 days ago
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