South African Literary Awards (SALA) commends JM Coetzee for a Principled Stand in Defence of Justice, Peace and Freedom
By Morakabe Seakhoa The South African Literary Awards (SALA) wishes to express its profound respect and admiration for Nobel Laureate…
Statement by the National Writers’ Association of South Africa (NWASA) in support of JM Coetzee’s refusal to participate in the 14th International Writers Festival
By Dr Lebogang Lance Nawa The National Writers’ Association of South Africa (NWASA) expresses its full support for Nobel Laureate…
NWASA delegation to meet Cuban ambassador and sign historic cultural partnership agreement
By Dr Lebogang Lance Nawa The National Writers Association of South Africa (NWASA), accompanied by the Department of International Relations…
Sechaba Nkoana’s new book launched on May Day ignites debate on the crisis and future of South Africa’s labour movement
By Saul Molobi The launch of Sechaba Nkoana’s latest book, “Business Unionism and the Proliferation of Trade Unions in South…
Dr Malusi Gigaba: Why work is not a favour
Still in pursuit of a Social Contract Between the State and South Africa’s Working People On 12 August 1946, approximately…
Andile Msindwana: The Evolving Geography of Zenzile Miriam Makeba
Starting from the end, I’d summarise this narrative as how one woman’s exile mapped the limits of African liberation. We…
Publisher’s Comment: Entrenching the Workers’ Voice – De/constructing brand COSATU in the era of renewal
I have never formally belonged to an affiliate of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). The closest I…
Andile Msindwana: The 1963 African Border Doctrine – Strategic Pacification or Foundational Betrayal?
To characterise the Organisation of African Unity’s 1963 doctrine as an “error” misframes the historical conditions under which it was adopted. The decision cannot…
Andile Msindwana: Borders within a Border (ESwatini and Lesotho)
Why does South Africa live with two other countries enclosed within its chest? What does that reveal about power, history, and the myth of clean maps? As we consider the…
Publisher’s Comment: Memory as Resistance – A life shaped by struggle
This freedom was never free. And yet, I am often told to forget – to move on, as though memory…