Category: History
Remembering Ashley, the Che Guevara of the Cape Flats
By Zubeida Jaffer Thirty-eight years ago this month, South African apartheid police murdered...
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Not in Ashley’s Name: A Tribute and a Warning
By Henriette Abrahams Today marks 38 years since my comrade, mentor, and leader Ashley Kriel was...
Read MoreWhen Truth is Desecrated
Friday May 10 2024 The Democratic Alliance’s symbolic desecration of a national symbol is not the most disturbing aspect of the recent flag-burning advertisement. Granted, as most commentators have said, it is a crude effort to...
Read MoreA Great Man Buried in Simplicity
Archbishop Desmond Tutu led by example in both his life and death. His central message upon death was twofold: live simply so others may simply live and embrace all religious faiths. Lying peacefully in his coffin, he wore a...
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Historian Masilela dies in Thailand
By Zubeida Jaffer Internationally renowned South African intellectual historian and Marxist...
Read MoreThe Zindzi I knew
By Shannon Ebrahim Zindzi Mandela was larger than life, someone I deeply admired and loved for her immense bravery and passion for justice. She was absolutely her Mother’s daughter, and that is how she would want to be...
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That Woman Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
By Khadija Magardie The characterization of Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on social media and even on the...
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Charlotte Maxeke, ‘Mother of Black Freedom’
In segregated South Africa, Charlotte Mannya Maxeke dedicated her life to the struggle for women’s rights and education for all. Her pioneering role is only now being rediscovered and more widely reported once again.
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