The building doubles as an events venue, but more importantly, it stands as one of Johannesburg’s most quietly enduring landmarks
Companies must be held accountable for their depredations before the next scramble for the continent under the guise of a green transition
There should be reconsideration of the existing reporting requirements of universities, including in relation to the overall format, content, presentation, and quality of reporting
Captains of industry may appear the benevolent saviours of a state in decline, but we ought to question their intentions
Britain consolidated its rapacious theft of territories in Africa and Asia during the reign of Elizabeth II’s great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria
In a three-part series on South Africa’s land question, Tembeka Ngcukaitobi takes a look at the colonial conquests that drove us here
Taking its cues from the dimming of the hope suggested by rainbowism, ‘A New Country’ attempts to articulate the depths of betrayal South Africans feel
It is misleading to use Nelson Mandela’s name to defend the Cecil John Rhodes statue
The history of human rights in South Africa is complex, not least because the removal of oppression has not equated to substantive liberation
The two-year project will seek ‘appropriate ways to publicly acknowledge past links to slavery and to address its impact’
No matter the future for the Steyn statue, the university’s process has already reaped rewards
The first bid to place Africa at the heart of literary studies took place in Kenya
New guidelines for psychological work with queer people will advance everyone’s mental health
The academic who took on the university’s ‘bantu’ curriculum has returned, marking a ‘path towards decolonisation’
South Africa’s reality is, as a comedian put it, like a playground bully being angry about having to share a stolen bike
In Harare the fates of trees and people seem to be intertwined
Maybe it’s being raised in racist enclaves. Whatever it is, white people still believe they are the rightful owners of South Africa
The facts not in dispute are that Cecil John Rhodes was an “arch-imperialist and white supremacist who treated people of this region as sub-human"
The university council said in a statement that it had been a difficult decision to make and there were no winners from the process.
The single greatest failure of current punditry is the refusal to recognise that context matters.
