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Unequal justice: Carl Niehaus of the Umkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans Association warned of ‘civil unrest’ if Jacob Zuma is arrested. (Photo by Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo)

Why the Big Fish escape the justice net

The small fish get caught. Jails are used to control the poor and disorderly and deflect attention from the crimes of the rich and powerful.

Professor Angela Davis sits surrounded by a portion of the crowd who made their way to her talk on being a revolutionary

Angela Davis on ‘How to be a revolutionary’

Angela Davis shared her lived experience of activism at Afropunk — and advice on how the arts can effect change

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WATCH LIVE: Angela Davis delivers the 17th annual Steve Biko memorial lecture

The lecture is taking place at the University of South Africa’s ZK Matthews Hall.

Even at 72
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Fearless activist and academic Angela Davis to deliver Steve Biko memorial lecture

Her impending arrival has many South Africans excited, but she was not always a woman many openly adored.

Angela Davis: Nina Simone’s music was so much more than the soundtrack to a movement

Black feminist activist and theorist, writer and teacher Angela Davis will deliver the annual Steve Biko Memorial Lecture at Unisa on Friday.

In a country that may never recover from the deep scars of apartheid, and also, where marketing businesses should stay clear from unforeseen storms, it’s bemusing to see messaging of the Clicks type.

Hairgate: We must look at language too to get to the root of the problem

Black women’s hair is deeply politicised and education experts are mulling over the significance of the learner-led protests in Pretorias.

A shooting in Paris has left one man fighting for his life.

Archives of the non-racial: Get on the bus

What do you get when you put 60 intellectuals from all over the world on a bus for 47 hours on a mission to think and unthink history?

Angela Davis at a press conference on 24 February 1972, after she was released from jail after sixteen months. She was later found not guilty. AFP

Thoughts to melt prison bars: Angela Davis on the shape of liberation

In this 2007 interview with the M&G, Davis spoke about the repressive function of prisons and lessons for post-apartheid South Africa from the US.