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Why SA won’t bend to Washington’s dictates
By Fikile MbalulaAmbassador Brent Bozell III’s recent opinion piece titled, SA to pay the price of inaction as United States runs out of patience, is a candid statement. We welcome candour, even when it arrives with a visa restriction policy attached. It is better to...
Holding the tears of a nation
By Zubeida JafferPrincess Vlei in Cape Town’s Southern Suburbs became a sea of purple and black on Heritage Day in protest against the wave of violence and killings of women in the country. Hundreds of women, men, children and a dog wound their way down the newly...
Lagos meets Soweto on a fashion runway at Vilakazi Street
By Len KalaneOn 26 September 2026, Vilakazi Street in Soweto — the only street in the world to have been home to two Nobel Peace laureates — will once again become a runway for African excellence. Two Nigerian designers and six South African designers will share one...
Saudi Arabia will pay a steep price
By Abiola Aremu OgunladeSaudi Arabia is learning a lesson that money and American weapons could never erase: you cannot buy your way out of geography. For years, Riyadh behaved as though its oil wealth and its alliance with Washington made it immune to the...
Dr Shock has died in Canada
By Zubeida JafferFacebook posts are aflush with news of the passing of Aubrey Levin, known in South Africa as “Dr Shock.” He was an apartheid-era military psychiatrist known for administering electric shocks and powerful drugs to homosexual soldiers and other people...
A little baby I once met
By Zubeida JafferI arrived early at the District Six Homecoming Centre for the launch of lawyer Linda Zama’s book. The room was quiet; the stage still, the smell of coffee and paper in the air. In a corner, hunched over a laptop, was Linda. Seeing her felt like...
