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Are the camels on the horizon?
By Zubeida JafferThe United Arab Emirates’ late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum once said when asked how he saw the future of his country:My grandfather rode a camel. My father rode a camel. I drive a Mercedes. My son drives a Land Rover. My grandson will also...
Choosing war yet again
By Fr David Neuhaus I write this with air raid sirens blaring in Jerusalem and Israeli war planes overhead. We are at war yet again. Israeli planes attacked Iran on Saturday morning, February 28,2026. The United States quickly joined in on the attack. Sites all over...
Fare thee well, Bra Joe
By Abbey MakoeBra Joe Latakgomo was a gentle giant of Black journalism. Orally, he was not a man of many words. Almost a reserved personality, he treated people with respect. Even his objects of scorn, such as apartheid and its white establishments, he condemned with...
Words can move mountains: Remembering Diana Ferrus
Poet Diana Ferrus has died. Her poem helped secure the 2002 return of Sarah Baartman’s remains from France to South Africa.
Christmas is not a Western story – it is a Palestinian one
By Rev Dr Munther Isaac Every December, much of the Christian world enters a familiar cycle of celebration: carols, lights, decorated trees, consumer frenzy and the warm imagery of a snowy night. In the United States and Europe, public discourse often speaks of...
127 African women journalists write to jailed Burundian Sandra Muhoza as she returns to court
Nairobi, December 2025—On the first anniversary of the conviction of ailing Burundian journalist, 127 African women journalists have written her a joint letter expressing solidarity, calling for her unconditional release, and decrying her imprisonment as...
