As the anniversary of Indonesian independence from the Netherlands approaches, a close look reveals how Dutch policy divides people along racial lines and ignores the Indonesian dead in that war.
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South African-born composer Stanley Glasser’s musical legacy is in many ways unknown in his motherland which he left under political duress in 1963, and awaits critical engagement.
Mandela did not make the decision to jettison Taiwan and recognise China. He adhered to a decision by the governing ANC.
Rather than transform Israel into an undemocratic ‘apartheid’ state, the new nation-state law is more likely to ensure that Israel can’t be transformed into a liberal democracy or binational state.
Barack Obama is delivering the Nelson Mandela lecture in a changing world dominated by the often outrageous utterances of his successor, US President Donald Trump.
One of South Africa’s finest hip-hop crews message was that you couldn’t box identities forged through multilingual living in the ghettos.
Drawing on Mandela’s legacy, Obama can help the world better understand the nature of threats to democracy.
It was only in the late 1990s, as the world became more interested in South African photographers’ work, that Goldblatt’s work was identified as extraordinary.
Photographer David Goldblatt’s presence through his photographs will always be with us.
The persistence of Sam Nzima’s June 16 photograph is remarkable. The shadow in the photograph can be read as a metaphor for the rich debate that this image continues to bring to the surface.
Nelson Mandela’s centenary celebrations provide a chance to debunk the lie that he sold out black South Africans.
The UN’s Responsibility to Protect framework for safeguarding civilians against atrocities could help resolve the Gaza crisis.
Not the sort of amount you’d want to lose down the back of the sofa.
As CCTV cameras become more widespread, it’s becoming more difficult for people to protect their locational privacy in public.
Race still plays a big part in South African society. Sport is no exception.
Apartheid has been removed from the statute books for almost three decades. But a de facto apartheid endures both economically and socially.
Philip Tabane was unlike any other musician. His music was intimately woven into his cosmology and spirituality.
Mandela’s reconciliation message may have partly reflected his view of the world. But it was also a product of his party, the ANC.
If companies in key industries collectively shunned the Chinese market, that would force China’s leaders to take notice, with less risk of blowback.
The colonial and apartheid education project still echoes in South Africa’s post-1994 school system.
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