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16 Apr 2020 3 minute read

Race and the city

Yewande Omotoso reflects on why no-nonsense Johannesburg is the place that suits her best.

African National Congress (ANC) election posters are seen on street poles in Alexandra township, in Johannesburg, South Africa, April 10, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

13 Jan 2020 3 minute read

Letter from Johannesburg

Yewande Omotoso moves through the unknowable city, looking and listening.

This year, South Africa marks 25 years since its first democratic elections, which ended white minority rule, made Nelson Mandela president and gave all South Africans equal political rights. Ilvy Njiokiktjien photographs the young South Africans who have known only life in the post-apartheid ‘rainbow nation’.

29 May 2019 1 minute read

Photo essay: South Africa’s born-frees

This year, South Africa marks 25 years since its first democratic elections. Ilvy Njiokiktjien photographs the young South...

14 Oct 2018 5 minute read

This article is almost two years old.

Standing against state violence

The powerful shackdweller’s social movement is mobilizing against assassinations in South Africa. Richard ...

Life after Zuma

31 May 2018 2 minute read

This article is almost two years old.

Life after Zuma

Zuma’s trial is just one symptom of South Africa’s problems, Neil Thompson reports.

Introducing... Cyril Ramaphosa

30 Apr 2018 1 minute read

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Introducing... Cyril Ramaphosa

Whatever his shortcomings, Ramaphosa is probably the last chance for the older generation of ANC leadership to make good on...

Liz McDaid and Makoma Lekalakaka in front of the country’s only nuclear power station – Koeberg.

23 Apr 2018 4 minute read

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The Women Who Stopped the Nuclear Deal

Makoma Lekalakala and Liz McDaid won the Goldman Environmental Prize for stopping a secret nuclear deal...

‘Zuma must fall’ protesters with a banner depicting Atul Gupta, implicated in recent scandals. Pic: Discott, CC-BY-SA4.0

1 Feb 2018 4 minute read

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The scandal that was Zuma’s downfall

How corruption in South Africa continues to cost taxpayers billions of rand, by Neil Thompson.

FeesMustFall: Protesters celebrate the removal of a statue of Cecil Rhodes from the University of Cape Town.

10 Jan 2018 5 minute read

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Over the rainbow: South Africa’s young radicals

South Africa’s first post-apartheid generation has come of age. And they’re not happy with the way the ANC...

Ras Gareth Prince, the Rastafarian lawyer fighting for Cannabis legalization – cannabis freedom – in South Africa.

1 Nov 2017 5 minute read

This article is more than two years old.

Get up, stand up! Cannabis in South Africa

Alice McCool meets the Rastafarian lawyer fighting for cannabis freedom.

9 Aug 2017 4 minute read

This article is almost three years old.

South Africa's new world wine smells off

A Norwegian report uncovers harassment and illegal wages on the country's wine farms, Peter Kenworthy writes...

26 Jun 2017 4 minute read

This article is almost three years old.

Remembering Lord Joel Joffe

The world will miss the lawyer and philantrophist who defended Mandela and was chair of Oxfam, writes Mari Marcel...

25 Jan 2017 4 minute read

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Can Lonmin wash its hands of Marikana’s blood?

Bishop Johannes Seoka takes the mining company to task, nearly five years after the massacre.

2 Nov 2016 4 minute read

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South Africa faces drought and rising food prices - can GMOs save it?

Monsanto’s so-called drought tolerant GM maize won't tackle the drought and the root causes of hunger in South Africa, write...

1 Sep 2016 5 minute read

This article is almost four years old.

The fight goes on: Workers’ struggles and successes from around the globe

Around the world, trade unions are facing fierce repression. But workers are still uniting to stand up for their rights and,...

South Africa: dying for justice

1 Jul 2016 2 minute read

This article is almost four years old.

South Africa: dying for justice

South Africa’s High Court recently ruled that 27,000 goldminers with silicosis, an incurable lung disease, could...

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