Is Mozambique sleepwalking into a terrorist nightmare?
An insurgency that has claimed 3,000 lives and is threatening to upend the state seems to be of little concern to the country’s neighbours or even the AU. Mushtak Parker reports.
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South Africa’s ghosts of white supremacy continue to rise
Do Black lives matter more in today’s South Africa than under apartheid? Mushtak Parker finds the reality falls far short of the hopes of 1994
Too Black to Wear Whites – a timely book on sport in South Africa
This timely book brings the long-forgotten story of Krom Hendricks, who was barred from playing for South Africa in the 1890s, to the surface. Review by Mushtak Parker
Economic migration: The push and pull factors
This month, the United Kingdom’s coalition government under Prime Minister David Cameron, will impose tougher immigration rules through the Immigration Act 2014. The new act has …
South Africa’s media: He who pays the piper, calls the tune
Over the past year, South Africa has seen a controversial ownership of the media by investors from emerging non-European countries and Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment …
Sedick Isaacs The unsung anti-apartheid hero
Incarcerated for 13 years in the notorious Robben Island prison, Dr Sedick Isaacs was one of the intellectual powerhouses of the fight against apartheid. His …