The ANC president was the quiet architect of liberation, carrying a people through the long wilderness of exile, sustaining hope when the promised land seemed impossibly distant
Recently, Canada’s PM Mark Carney declared the end of the rules-based order. It was an outstanding speech. Yet, US unilateralism first soared in the 1980s. The rest of the West…
On the night of 19 January the Soviet army occupied the cities of Azerbaijan and an unprecedented massacre took place
It takes true evil to send unwitting, unprepared young men, complete strangers to the whole Ukraine-Russia context, into Europe’s worst meat grinder since World War Two
Fifty years ago, disco started having an impact. Its influence was felt even in apartheid South Africa
This year marks the 34th anniversary of ‘Black January’ — the tragic incident that happened on 20 January 1990 in Azerbaijan
The Year of Heydar Aliyev commemorates a leader who always protected the interests of the people of his country
Authoritarian would-be emperors such as Putin and Jinping and the US’s military-industrial complex erode the open society and its values of individual freedoms
He was probably its only truly humane one and has died at a time when political repression in his native Russia has become stifling once more
The expanding use of private military and security companies in recent years suggests that they may take a leading role as the Ukraine conflict develops
The Russian leader has brought with him from the Soviet era the belief that might is right and that the individual can be sacrificed to the gods of ideology
In the light of Africa’s history and in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, reflecting the East/West divide, the Southern African Development Community must be concerned about security
South Africa’s silence on Russian aggression is a blot on its commitment to international law and our country’s history
The Russian invasion has sparked debate in South Africa, with many misguidedly concluding that Moscow is a natural ally of the country. This is not rooted in contemporary…
Aggressive, as opposed to defensive, warfare is a violation of international law. It is this that was used to condemn the apartheid South African Defence Force’s incursions into…
Africa is again becoming the stage for the proxy wars of foreign powers
A resurgent conspiracy theory that Nelson Mandela died in 1985 reveals the growing hopelessness in South Africa that rampant inequality is irreversible
Such a divisive figure will further ruin Britain. This is, of course, that country’s choice
On November 11, the Polish diaspora in South Africa honoured the 500 children who found refuge in Oudtshoorn in 1943
The artist’s dedication to the communist party is obvious in paintings such as Marxism Will Give Health to the Sick
