Before we send the army in to 'solve' the crime problem in Cape Town's troubled townships or appease politicians and nervous shop owners with a police crackdown, we need to remember that we're targeting a city's adolescents, who have reason to wreak revenge on an...
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The Durban International Film Festival: Showcasing local film talent | by Crystal Orderson
From humble beginnings in two lecture rooms at the University of KwaZulu-Natal 33 years ago, the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) has become the must-attend event in the annual film calendar. For ten days in July this year, the who's who of the South African...
Bona fide progressive leaves a lasting legacy | by Jonathan Jansen
I knew only one genuine revolutionary in my life, and he died this week. The news floored me, and for an hour I roamed around the office in a daze. " He was the standard for a revolutionary" "It is not true," I kept telling myself, for this great man, simply by being...
Swazi political prisoners interrogated by South African police | by Peter Kenworthy
In a strange twist to the case of student leader Maxwell Dlamini and political activist Musa Ngubeni, both awaiting trial for allegedly being in possession of explosives in connection with the democratic uprising in Swaziland in April, they were interrogated by what...

