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Going nowhere: President Cyril Ramaphosa had once again weathered an internal push to unseat him before
the end of his term in 2027. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

SA 2025: Scenic route from G20 to NGC

This was the year that was — South Africa’s chequered 2025, a year that ends not with resolution, but with reckoning

It seems ridiculous that with all this fabulous food on offer, many of the people who are strict adherents of these religions still prefer the bitter taste of conflict.

The God Edition | Making a meal of religion

Is reconciliation through food hard to swallow? Perhaps we should emulate John Lennon and give peas a chance

MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA – 2022/01/29: A Muslim man wearing a protective face mask checks his phone as he walks past a graffiti in Mumbai.
Coronavirus graffiti’s are painted to create awareness and spread the message about maintaining social distance, wearing face masks and sanitizing regularly. (Photo by Ashish Vaishnav/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

India today: A place between hope and despair

Diversity is especially meant to be celebrated on India’s Republic Day, 26 January. But another legacy haunts the Indian republic — the colonial policy of divide and rule, of…

The ‘Enemy’: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with the help of his henchman, the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah, has pushed through the Citizenship Amendment Act that discriminates against Muslims.  (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

Democracy and charisma: A dangerous liaison

In India and the Philippines, strongmen have consolidated immense power through democratic means. How do we explain this?

Repudiated: Gandhi

The end of Gandhi’s India

The current dispensation is becoming a majoritarian Hindu state as Narendra Modi promotes hatred and intolerance of Muslims and minorities

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party

Democracy in India faces meltdown

The nationalist government is using violence, repression an the law to deny Muslims citizenship

iGoldi: Shree Lakshimi embodies

Shree Laxmi’s walk in the City of Gold

What would the Goddess be met with, were she to walk the streets of Johannesburg?

Narendra Modi (Reuters)

Why will India’s prime minister not get the rapturous welcome he receives elsewhere?

We are South Africans. And Nehru’s expansive and humanistic vision, which we share, is at odds with an exclusivist ideology based on Hindu nationalism

Durga confronts violence of men

The Hindu goddess provides a role model for women confronted with sexual injustice.

Hindu devotees perform Garba

Muslims, Christians not welcome at Hindu festivals, says hardline group

A right-wing Hindu group in India has said that Muslims and Christians are not to join the festival of Navratri, claiming it is for "Hindus only".

Zapiro must make amends, says religious forum

Jonathan "Zapiro" Shapiro should make amends for denigrating the Hindu faith in a cartoon, says the Western Cape Religious Leaders’ Forum.

Hindus angered by Zapiro cartoon

South African Hindu organisations are angry about a cartoon by Jonathan "Zapiro" Shapiro depicting their god of success, Lord Ganesha.

Thousands gather in India for Hindu guru’s funeral

Thousands gather in India for Hindu guru’s funeral

Thousands of tearful devotees, including top politicians, gathered on Wednesday for the funeral of Sathya Sai Baba.

For the love of God

For the love of God

Niren Tolsi joins Hindu devotees for kavady, the yearly ritual of self-mutilation to curry favour with the deity Muruga.