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The brilliance of Iran’s governance structure

The sheer brilliance of Iran’s three-tiered governance structure

Reading resistance: Books that archive courage, dissent and institutional memory

South Africa’s fragile freedoms are recorded in classrooms, songs and satire. These books archive courage, dissent and institutional memory

The Samud Flotilla consists of boats from 47 countries and is a symbol of steadfastness against Israel’s occupation and the genocide in Gaza. Photo: Tan Safi/Freedom Flotilla Coalition

Gaza: Steadfastness on the open sea

Countries around the world are increasingly turning against Israel and its aggression in the Middle East. South Africa’s unions and citizens must join in solidarity with…

Omar Badsha And Dumile Feni At The Durban Art Gallery

Apartheid’s shadow, an artist’s light: Omar Badsha’s story

Omar Badsha’s journey from quiet observer to defiant artist in apartheid South Africa

Mother City directors Miki Redelinghuys and Pearlie Joubert

Mother City: A powerful documentary exposing Cape Town’s racial and economic inequality

Six years in the making, the pair’s film explores racial and economic inequality in Cape Town

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The Portfolio: Rob Machiri

Machiri is a designer, artist, DJ and cultural producer. Here he reflects on the memory work that is just one facet of pungwes

Recently, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has become the most famous advocate of the argument that “western” democracy is unsuit?ed to African conditions. (Reuters/Finbarr O’Reilly)

How colonial rule predisposed Africa to fragile authoritarianism

The unstable pathway many post-colonial African states followed was facilitated by the way in which European empires undermined democratic elements