For the first time since the 1960s, anti-imperialism is back on the US left’s agenda. South Africa should follow suit
The world must act now because the food system is broken and families from Mozambique to Ireland don’t know where their next meal will come from
Millennials are actively supporting businesses with sound ESG principles, and boycotting those without
Born in Zambia and raised in Botswana, the songwriter’s career is coming into full bloom in South Africa
Mail & Guardian pictures editor Paul Botes presents some of the most striking images of 2020
According to Google, the top trending “how to help” searches were: how to help Australia fires, how to help Black Lives Matter, how to help during coronavirus and how to help…
As war drums beat again in Ethiopia, author Maaza Mengiste finds new language to memorialise the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
The aid worker allegedly called his security guard a ‘slave’
COMMENT: For this gay, white soldier there simply isn’t a good enough challenger to knock him off his perch
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In 1961, Bill Russell led his fellow Boston Celtics in refusing to play in an NBA game in protest of systemic racism. It happened again on Wednesday.
Emmerson Mnangagwa has accused ‘dark forces’ of destabilising the country
Economically disadvantaged students suffer most from disrupted education, but they also have the most to contribute to lessening inequality when we build the new normal
Not all police officers are guilty of killing criminals who cross their path, writes SAPS spokesperson Brigadier Vish Naidoo.
The protests that have taken place in the United States confront the racialised edifice that built the modern world
A project by Global Africa Lab explores the future of Black neighbourhoods affected by gentrification in New York City
Although Africans must continue to support the Black Lives Matter movement, there is also the need for them to raise their voices against injustices in other African countries
The live magic may be gone, but the National Arts Festival showcases some exhilarating work
Anti-racism and political contagion from Save Darfur to Black Lives Matter
The 2020 winner of the PEN Pinter Prize, LKJ’s poetry puts the ignominy and hardship of the black experience in Britain front and centre in words that echo across the decades
