South African Activist Praises Response to Boston Marathon Bom...

Antjie Krog has diverged from the popular route of cheer and optimism in South Africa, describing instead a country devoid of common ground. Antjie Krog: I feel Im in a country that has a fractured morality. Our Coverage I only have problems, said ...

When Adam Habib enrolled at the University of the Witwatersrand, he needed government permission: Habib is "colored" and the Jo'burg university was white. That was some 30 years ago. Next month Prof. Habib will begin his new job, vice chancellor of ...

The choice of model Bar Refaeli to front a pro-Israel campaign has proven controversial (Flash 90) Should Israel's hottest supermodel Bar Refaeli be the public face of the Zionism? Recently, Israel's Foreign Ministry invited her to star in a video ...

David Cameron's announcement that Margaret Thatcher will receive a ceremonial funeral with military honours at St Paul's Cathedral should surprise no-one. Thatcher's political career was dedicated to the same class interests of big business and ...

Scholars should not plead academic freedom to avoid critiquing their discipline's apartheid legacies. (John McCann, MG) Our Coverage What does it mean to pursue critical scholarship in the humanities and social sciences in a settler colonial society ...

The Vetting of Judges and Magistrates Board has stopped work following the expiry of two foreign judges terms. Lady Justice Georgina Wood from Ghana and Mr Justice Albi Sachs of South Africa have since gone home. Only Mr Justice Fred Chomba, whose ...