As the Economic Freedom Fighters we have been crazy enough to think that we can change the world — and we surely will, writes Sihle Lonzi
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The different dimensions of gender equality
Women are not a homogenous group and the notion of gender equality cannot be reduced to power struggles between women and men, Catherine Albertyn, Constitution,
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Clean-up after South Africa’s violence reveals a deeper rot
Is a system that leaves people with nothing left to lose in any way worth supporting?
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The parable of the lost Afrikaner son
I am a white, Afrikaans-speaking queer, the antithesis of what my family and church stood for. My identity crisis led to my identity formation
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Part one: A country with no children
The generation of 1976, which shook the word with its grassroots education and mobilisation, has grown up. This generation’s mass movements can learn from its elders
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Psychologists talk: Is the United Nations capable of resolving the Israel-Palestine issue (or indeed any modern crisis)?
Suntosh Pillay speaks to fellow psychologist Anton Botha, who is also a former UN staff member, about Israel and Palestine and whether or not the United Nations is abdicating its duties to maintain peace
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O, Canada! Art bears witness to ‘dark secrets’ of colonised places
An installation and a documentary about the notorious residential school system amplify calls to define such deaths worldwide as genocide
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To all South Africans: In memory of who we are
When we critically inspect our histories, none of us come out completely faultless, but we will find something, and we can learn
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Land, slavery and cattle matter: To move forward, we need to look back
In a three-part series on South Africa’s land question, Tembeka Ngcukaitobi takes a look at the colonial conquests that drove us here
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Active citizenship must be revived
Because all we have now are commemorations of Freedom Day and the dreams it once carried
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The agony of Hendrik – a trip to Verwoerdpark on Human Rights Day
The Big Brain of Apartheid would not approve of the neat neighbourhood that still bears his name
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If land expropriation is evil, it is the evil we all need
The Expropriation Bill is needed to undo evils in South Africa, and lies and fear-mongering to scare investors will not bring this democratic process to a halt