The Anglophone crisis in Cameroon worsens the security situation in the Central Africa region
By Webster Zambara The recent election in Cameroon in which [...]
The Land Question in the South African and Colombian Peace Processes
By Jonathan Cannard In November 2016 the Colombian government of [...]
White guilt doesn’t help anyone. It’s an unproductive endeavour that simply centres whiteness and is violent to Black and Brown people
By Ayesha Fakie Working in social justice especially in antiracism [...]
2018 in Review
2018 has been an epic year and in many respects. South Africa had to contend with a number of issues from the rise of Cyril Ramamphosa as the State President, to the discourses on land expropriation without compensation and the devastating reality of corruption, particularly through state capture.
The need for memorialisation in South Africa
Around South Africa there are many statues of struggle heroes [...]
Violent tactics undermine public trust in police
The National Planning Commission (NPC) noted this particular issue with regards to [...]
Staying true to a national vision
Almost a quarter century into South Africa's political transition, most of its citizens continue to wait for its economic equivalent to transpire. Still poverty frames the daily struggles of far too many, while inequality sustains inherited asymmetric power relations that impede access to those resources that are essential to move ahead in life. In short, injustice still reproduces itself
South African Reconciliation Barometer Online Data Analysis
It is the world’s longest running public opinion survey on national reconciliation and provides a nationally-representative measure of South Africans’ attitudes towards reconciliation.
Racism will persist until we dismantle white supremacy
White people’s implicit racist attitude towards black people - that we’re less human and therefore deserving to be treated as things, mere objects to be disdained - did not end in 1994.
Unpacking Male Supremacy, the Entitlement of Young White Men and Overt Links to the Intersectionality of Structural Oppression
When I was young, maybe about 12 or 13, I wondered why women have it so much harder. Actually, I had wondered about it for a while; only at that age could I begin formulating it into an actual question.