Interview by Alex Hotz A!: What is the current state of resistance among Palestinians after the recent Israeli onslaught? OB: It's important to put this in context: Palestinian resistance against Israel's regime of occupation, settler colonialism and apartheid has...
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Feature: 20 Years of Democracy
As South Africa passes the anniversary of 20 years of democracy it is important to reflect on both the failures and successes of democratic South Africa. South Africa in 2014 is a markedly different country. it enjoys a pluralistic political system; freedom of speech...
Stellenbosch: What they don’t tell you in the brochure
by Indira Govender Stellenbosch strikes me as one of those places that got put on the table by the National Partyduring the negotiated settlement pre-1994, something the ANC conceded in exchange for democracy. In fact, there's a joke with more than a single grain of...
David and Goliath
The story of farm workers and farm bosses in the Breede River Valley| by Mercia Andrews On Wednesday 6 March 2013 in Ashton, 180 km from Cape Town, people started gathering for a meeting early in the morning. Outside the library, one could observe the expensive...
Marikana mine massacre: why British lawyer has joined fight for justice
James Nichol explains his decision to volunteer to represent forgotten families of dead strikers When South Africa's apartheid police massacred 69 people in Sharpeville in 1960, the revulsion spread as far as northern England. James Nichol, then 15, took part in his...
It’s time for women to lead South Africa | by Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge
You who have no work, speak. You, who have no homes, speak. You, who have no schools, speak. You, who have to run like chickens from vultures, speak. We must share the problems so that we can solve them together. We must free ourselves. Dora Tamana Should we as women...
Sounds of the South: the Hip Hop Caravan
Sounds of the South (SOS) is a cultural movement based in Cape Town's Khayelitsha township that uses hip hop to fight against oppression They talked to Amandla! about their new project, the Afrikan Hip Hop Caravan, an educational and musical exploration that will take...
First they came for Tatane.
by Benjamin Fogel and Jared Sacks adapted from the old holocaust poem. "First they came for Tatane.Then they came for the miners at Marikana.Then they came for Juju.Then they came for the miners at Rustenberg.Then they came for Madonsela.Then they came for Abahlali...



