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Russian president Vladimir Putin. Photo: Supplied
ACTIONSA

Lights on for Putin, as South Africa visit beckons

The Russian leader has more chance of being arrested at home than he does in Mzansi

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
A passenger minivan tows a trailer loaded with goods near the border crossing with Zimbabwe, near Musina, South Africa. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
AARON MOTSOALEDI

A bus trip from Zimbabwe to South Africa is through the belly of corruption

The broken Zimbabwe economy and political system are too much of a push factor for xenophobia and Aaron Motsoaledi to stop people seeking refuge in Mzansi

  • Clayton Moyo
7 min read
Operation Dudula members gathered in front of Kalafong and then Hillbrow hospitals to try to stop ‘illegal foreigners’ from receiving healthcare. Photo: File
NHLANHLA LUX DLAMINI

How does SA heal from Dudula bullies and Stellenbosch varsity racists?

Our reactions would be more positive if we understand that bullies act out as result of their own pain

  • Ntombenhle Khathwane
6 min read
Challenging hegemony: The work of performance artist Tracey Rose (pictured at bottom) moves from an interest in identity politics in South Africa to challenging societal narratives and myths such as Judeo-Christianity in 2011’s Waiting For God (above and left). Photos: Courtesy of the artist and Dan Gunn, London
KHWEZI GULE

Tracey Rose: Comical, cynical, carnivalesque

In a world bursting with self-appointed saviours, Tracey Rose speaks truth to power

  • Khwezi Gule
6 min read
A Congolese man holds a banner during a demonstration against xenophobia in Johannesburg, on March 26, 2022 organized by the activist movement against xenophobic attacks Kopanang Africa. Kopanang is a Sotho words meaning “gathering together”. – In recent weeks, scores of protesters in South Africa have been staging demonstrations against undocumented migrants in what they have dubbed “Operation Dudula”, Zulu for “drive back” whose leader Nhlanhla ìLuxî Dlamini was arrested on Thursday according to the police. (Photo by LUCA SOLA / AFP)
AARON MOTSOALEDI

How do vigilante groups like Dudula come into being?

The state’s failure to act as a source of moral or political authority creates a vacuum that ‘seductive’ populist movements are happy to fill

  • Lyse Comins
7 min read
Operation Dudula leader Nhlanhla Lux Dlamini gestures in the dock during his court appearance at the Roodepoort Magistrate Court in Roodepoort, near Johannesburg, on March 28, 2022. – Dlamini was arrested on 24 March, 2022 on charges of housebreaking, theft and malicious damage to property. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP) (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images)
ACTIONSA

Operation Dudula vows to continue drive against illegal immigrants after leader gets bail

Operation Dudula has carried out a crackdown against illegal immigrants in Jo’burg, a drive that has resonated with mainly poor, angry South Africans

  • Lizeka Tandwa
3 min read