United by poems, plays and passion, artists tackle corruption head-on at a Joburg performance
The special project manager at the Thabo Mbeki Foundation said legacy foundations were talking to civil society on how to take the project back from the government and political…
This creeping form of observation marks a dangerous evolution in how power is exercised and dissent controlled
Not everyone liked the late former public enterprises minister, but everyone respected him
Gordhan passed away after what his family said was a short battle with cancer
The highlights of 2021 in Africa
Murder accused and former provincial police deputy commissioner Wiliam Mpembe rules mine security with impunity – say people in Marikana
Elizabeth Nyamayaro’s new book argues that the philosophy from Africa can change the way the West interacts with the continent it colonised, stereotypes and continues to…
‘The generation of 1976 did not fight to end the injustices of their time only for there to be the dawn of a climate apartheid’
A man who took on cellphone data regulators over out-of-bundle rates is featured in this edition of a series on human rights defenders in the SADC region
In a year defined by Covid-19, human rights violations, including massacres of civilians and crackdowns on opposition parties, have plagued these regions
Last week Fikile Ntshangase was gunned down as activists fight mining company Tendele’s expansions. Community members tell the M&G about the ‘kill lists’ and the dread they live…
The City of Cape Town admits it monitors the social-media pages of housing activists but denies that this is spying, as tensions surrounding land occupations increase
In countries such as Uganda, Zimbabwe and Egypt female champions are beaten up, sexually abused, jailed and even “disappeared”
Robert Sobukwe’s wife was an activist, and she looked after the children while he was incarcerated
The City selected the sites as part of an effort to reverse apartheid spatial planning in Cape Town.
The Naidoo-Pillay name is rich in history, from passive resistance to fighting apartheid.
While getting his hair cut at a barber shop, a Zimbabwean activist was taken by five men – and has never been seen since.
A new SERI report found that the criminal justice system was "abused" in order to intimidate activists and protesters.
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng is now under US protection in Beijing after fleeing from house arrest, a US-based rights group said on Saturday.
