After a spate of violent attacks that have rocked the country’s LGBTQ community, South Africa does not have much to celebrate this Pride Month.  June

One of the common expressions of derision in our political lexicon is the ‘tickbox exercise’. It suggests the substitution of substance by form. Going through

Across the length and breadth of the country, crossing racial and socio-economic divides, the opposition against the extraordinary proposal by minister Bheki Cele to prohibit

This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 20th June 1756 – A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black

The National Health Insurance Bill of 2019 (the NHI Bill) is back before Parliament, for the National Assembly’s portfolio committee on health (the health committee)

When, four months after their last Test, the Proteas finally took to the field against the West Indies in St Lucia, they joined their opponents

The movement for the independence of the Western Cape has yet to develop serious traction – but growing levels of dissatisfaction might yet see support

Among ordinary people, racism is not the problem, as numerous surveys conducted over the years by the IRR have demonstrated. Yet there is an elitist

The campaign against “race hustling” currently being launched by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) comes not a moment too soon. This growing industry is

Social justice activists who count themselves ‘progressive’ tell us that ‘lived experience’ trumps analysis in understanding how and why people live the lives they do.