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At the last supper, Jesus commands his friends to follow him by “continuing in perpetuity the sacred rite, the Eucharist”. (File photo)
BEYERS NAUDE

The God Edition | The road to Emmaus and a call for justice

During the Easter Triduum, we reflect on Christ’s resurrection, finding in it a timeless call to justice, hope, and shared humanity beyond the grave

  • Jo-Mangaliso Mdhlela
7 min read
Refound belief: Donovan E Williams at his Confirmation at the Mater Dolorosa Catholic Church in Johannesburg at the age of 50. Photo: Velile Mhlungu
ACTIVISM

The God Edition | Losing my religion to find my faith

One writer’s journey through activism and grief led him back to the altar — on his own terms

  • Donovan E Williams
4 min read
Campaign: Tokyo Sexwale, second from right, carries T-shirts to hand out in Katlehong during his first ANC campaign trail activity in over a decade. (Khaya Koko)
2024 ELECTIONS

T-shirts of Chris Hani as an MK commander mark Sexwale’s ANC campaign trail

The former Gauteng premier said the ANC, not Jacob Zuma, was the true custodian of the uMkhonto weSizwe brand This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get…

  • Khaya Koko
1 min read
Former South African and ANC president, Jacob Zuma. (MKP/X)
ANC COURT CASE MK PARTY

We own and control eThekwini, says MK party, but denies inciting strike

The Jacob Zuma-backed party will be facing off in the electoral court on Tuesday against the ANC, which is trying to have it deregistered This content is restricted to registered…

  • Des Erasmus
1 min read
Straight talk: Cyril Ramaphosa (right) and other African leaders told both sides in Ukraine to end the conflict urgently. Photo: Yan Dobronosov/Getty
AFRICAN LEADERS PEACE MISSION

Cyril flies the peace flag but the Chopin Contingent gets grounded

Warsaw and Pretoria appear to be poles apart when it comes to the war between Russia and Ukraine

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
(Rajesh Jantilal/Getty Images)
ALBERT LUTHULI

Has the tripartite alliance become an anachronism?

Can the South African Communist Party exist effectively and independently of the ANC?

  • Benzi Ka-Soko
5 min read
Chris Hani was shot dead in the driveway of his home in 1993. Photo: Supplied
ALBERT LUTHULI

Has the tripartite become an anachronism?

Can the South African Communist Party exist effectively and independently?

  • Benzi Ka-Soko
5 min read
Healing: Chris Hani’s daughter Lindiwe Hani at the wreath-laying ceremony on 10 April 2018 in Boksburg. This year she delivered the Hugh Lewin Memorial lecture at St John’s College, 30 years after her father was assassinated. Photo: Frennie Shivambu/Gallo Images
APARTHEID

Lindiwe Hani: ‘Realising dreams is a gift to my father’

Chris Hani’s daughter Lindiwe Hani has learnt to not be buried by his assassination 30 years ago but to draw strength from the way he lived his life

  • Lindiwe Hani
9 min read
People’s hero: A mural depicting Amílcar Cabral who was the foremost leader of the struggle for the independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde from Portugal. (Photo by GUIZIOU Franck / hemis.fr / hemis.fr / Hemis via AFP)
ABAHLALI BASEMJONDOLO

How Cabral, Fanon and Freire shaped the struggle against apartheid South Africa — and still inspire

Amílcar Cabral was assassinated 50 years ago today. His thought, which sometimes arrived in South Africa via a circuitous route, speaks to our current crisis with undiminished…

  • Richard Pithouse
8 min read
Janusz Walus, the extremist who killed South African Communist Party (SACP) leader Chris Hani in 1993
CHRIS HANI

Janusz Walus released on parole

Chris Hani’s killer was released after recovering from being stabbed by a fellow prisoner

  • Emsie Ferreira
2 min read
Chris Hani’s murderer, Janusz Walus. (Reuters)
CHRIS HANI

Janusz Walus stabbed by fellow inmate

The man who murdered Chris Hani is receiving medical care after an attack three days before his court-ordered release on parole

  • Emsie Ferreira
2 min read
Janusz Walus, the extremist who killed South African Communist Party (SACP) leader Chris Hani in 1993
AARON MOTSOALEDI

Walus to serve out parole in SA, not Poland

Home affairs said an exemption had been granted to the man who killed Chris Hani to remain as parole conditions would not be imposed in his native country

  • Emsie Ferreira
4 min read
Chris Hani’s murderer, Janusz Walus. (Reuters)
CHIEF JUSTICE RAYMOND ZONDO

Bar council cautions on criticism of Walus ruling

The General Council of the Bar said criticism of rulings should be voiced with deference to the judiciary

  • Emsie Ferreira
3 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa is off to the United Kingdom, the first head of state to officially visit King Charles III since his installation as the British monarch in September this year, and needed a stand in while he was gone. Photo: Supplied
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Autopilot Angie runs the shop as Ramaphosa jets off on a UK state visit

There is no taste of presidential power for presidential hopefuls Lindiwe Sisulu or Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma — now or in December

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
Janusz Walus, the extremist who killed South African Communist Party (SACP) leader Chris Hani in 1993
BILL OF RIGHTS

Concourt orders release of Janusz Walus on parole

The court held that the latest decision of the justice ministry in 2020 to deny Chris Hani’s murderer parole was irrational

  • Emsie Ferreira
5 min read
A stellar career: After almost 40 years of speaking beautiful isiXhosa on national television, Noxolo Grootboom reckons she’s earned a rest with her husband, children and – unbelievably – grandchildren. Photo: Masi Losi
APARTHEID

Q&A Sessions: ‘Covering struggle funerals was my redemption’ — Noxolo Grootboom

Veteran broadcaster Noxolo Grootboom talks to Denvor de Wee about her childhood in the rural Eastern Cape, the day her neighbour Chris Hani was murdered and the secret to her…

  • Denvor de Wee
7 min read
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – December 6, 1990: Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo . (Photo by Gallo Images via Getty Images/Sunday Times)
BLACK LOBBY GROUPS

Tambo, Mandela, Biko and Maxeke all left legacies

The youth of South Africa need to heed these role models to rise up to the challenges that face them

  • Monde Ndlovu
4 min read
ALEX MASHILO

Right-wing Poland and the glorification of Hani’s killer

Polish anti-racism groups grow more concerned as the image of Chris Hani’s killer becomes normalised, with Janusz Walus’s likeness and name displayed on products for sale on a…

  • Lester Kiewit
7 min read
Frank B. Wilderson III standing in front of Vista University campus in Soweto, where he was a lecturer. This image is taken from an article written by Wilderson and published by Tribute magazine in 1994. The article exposed links between Vista University and the Broederbond. (Supplied)
ACHILLE MBEMBE

Part I: ‘Afropessimism’ and the rituals of anti-black violence

Frank B Wilderson discusses ‘Afropessimism’, his memoir that analyses structural violence

  • Zamansele Nsele
15 min read
Chris Hani should not be made into an ideal type or used to settle political scores in the present.
ADOLPH REED JR

Chris Hani’s political legacy

Chris Hani should not be made into an ideal type or used to settle political scores in the present

  • Sean Jacobs
3 min read