
A ticking time bomb
Will the slow pace of land reform in South Africa, be the undoing of the ANC government?

Will the slow pace of land reform in South Africa, be the undoing of the ANC government?


Johnny Issel, who has died at age 68, was a prominent activist for leftist social movements in 1980s South Africa.

it is a testament to the hosts that my young daughter insists South Africa won the 2010 World Cup.


Students in my Media and Africa seminar at The New School create short video profiles of African immigrant experiences in New York City. Here I highlight a few of the striking ones.


Are publishers unwilling to back anything besides more of the same tried, tested and tired old formula?


The author, a German journalist new to South Africa, writes about her first impressions and experiences, especially with local whites; so different from anything she knew or experienced before.


From nationalism, we have passed to chauvinism, and finally to racism. Why are South Africa's middle classes not mobilizing against xenophobia.