Tag: South Africa
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...
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Does Judaism support the views of South Africa’s Rabbi Goldstein?
Steven Friedman questions whether Rabbi Warren Goldstein’s defence of Israel reflects authentic Jewish teaching. He examines core Judaic principles that reject violence and highlight justice, showing how faith can be misused for hate—or reclaimed for peace.
Read MoreISRAEL IS BURYING JEWISH HUMANITY IN THE RUBBLE AND HUNGER OF GAZA
By Dr Mamphele Ramphele The ghastly pictures of famine coming out of Gaza are reminiscent of the pictures of emaciated Jews who survived concentration camps during the Second World War. That, within a few generations, the...
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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...
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Book Review: Becoming Charlotte by Zubeida Jaffer
By Zipporah Maubane Zubeida Jaffer’s Becoming Charlotte is a masterful blend of fact and fiction,...
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Freedom Day: An Islamic reflection on the challenges facing young South Africans
By Aslam Fataar As South Africa marks another Freedom Day, we are invited to reflect not only on...
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A Moment of Presence: On Welcoming Ebrahim Rasool Home
By Aslam Fataar Among those gathered at Cape Town International Airport to welcome Ebrahim...
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A Banana a day – What I learnt this Ramadaan.
By Zubeida Jaffer An apple a day keeps the doctor away. We all grew up with this familiar saying....
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Bokaap, Afriforum and Solidarity: The Call for Cultural Preservation
By Zubeida Jaffer The dusk was still, with not a leaf stirring in the wind. Yet, the streets of...
Read MoreAfriforum and Solidarity continue to draw on a toxic theology 40 years after the adoption of the historic Kairos Document
By McGlory Speckman (Photo by Zubeida Jaffer) As we celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the Kairos Document in September 2025, we must look back at its impact on what it called ‘State Theology’ and how it influenced people’s...
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In Memory of Phindile Xaba on Black Wednesday
Zubeida Jaffer, Shepi Mati, Frank Meintjies and Phindile Xaba South Africa has come a long way from the dark day of October 19, 1977 when the Apartheid regime squeezed the noose tightly around press freedom. Known as Black...
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