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South Africa: COVID-19 pandemic raises the urgency of structural reforms
South Africa responded swiftly to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the sharp drop in activity adds to long-standing challenges and raises the urgency of structural...
Re-Negotiating Apartheid in 21st century’s South Africa
Introduction to the Idea of Apartheid
‘Apartheid’ or Apartness is the term used in Afrikaans and Dutch languages. It is the name given to separating...
And the problems of the Coloured people (of South Africa) were of no interest to them
We are living in the precarious times of a coloniality-based dispensation and the repercussions of an ill-fated democracy.
The working class, the downtrodden and the...
COVID-19 and its impact on Zimbabwean immigrants in South Africa
“There can be no justification for any South African to attack people from other countries." -President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Africa was the last continent to be...
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Triumphs And The African Renaissance
How does a continent decline? Corruption. Misappropriation of funds. Leadership, where leadership, the leaders of South Africa, or the leaders of a particular individual...
South Africa: Returning tostatism?
The South African state of disaster has been evolving since its declaration on March 15th. Following local and global acclaim for its responsive, science-based...
Mystical George
The sun’s disappeared again. I think of my mother waving me goodbye with a doek around her head covering her hennaed hair. I’m crushing...
Johannesburg
“As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.” – Virginia Woolf
When I was a teenager my...
To plead the case for justice against corruption in South Africa
There is a struggle we are facing in our democracy. The name of the game is the social construct and economic framework of corruption....
COVID-19: South Africa’s response
After years of decay and deficiency, South Africa’s Executive has stood up to the COVID-19 pandemic. Its reflexive information campaign has dominated national news...