Andile Msindwana:From SOFA to Orphan – How Colonisers Outsource Intergenerational Obligation
What parents do before conception is a very significant ingredient to a child’s life. Parenthood doesn’t start at birth. It starts…
ECA convenes leaders and youth entrepreneurs to unlock regional value chains ahead of the Africa Development Impact Forum
By Ms. Lavender Degre The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Sub Regional Office for Southern Africa (SRO-SA), in…
Andile Msindwana: The African art of writing is not decoration and it is not an apology
Writing is excavation. It is the uncompromising act of descending into the unspoken, dragging what festers in the dark into…
Strings of the Soul: De/constructing Afro-Blues with Albert Frost
By Saul Molobi Randvaal – encompassing Henley on Klip, Highbury, Daleside and Valley Settlements, and anchored within the R59 Corridor…
Andile Msindwana: The Sentence Undelivered – Auditing The Deliberate Segregation
This is part II of the account we gave last week, which we shall (henceforth) refer to as part I. Based on…
Andile Msindwana: Deliberate Segregation and Its Post-1994 Reproduction
The pre-1994 freedom fighters ran a specific historical race: dismantling apartheid and securing universal franchise. Juridical Apartheid ended on April 27,…
Dr Malusi Gigaba: The room where African security is decided, and why South Africa just took a seat
In early 2024, more than a dozen South African soldiers were killed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, serving under…
Andile Msindwana: Africa’s Marginalisation – A Crisis of Exploitation
When dealing with bullies, the power dynamic can feel overwhelming, but it’s not insurmountable. Staying calm and assertive is always key as…
Publisher’s Comment: “Who will you be when history calls?
“Who will you be when history calls?” – asks Trevor Noah in “Trevor Noah: Joy in the Trenches” I needed…
The Quiet Mind That Shaped Many: Remembering uncle Frank Horley
By Saul Molobi “A great thinker has ceased to think…” These were the solemn words with which Friedrich Engels marked…