Reaching out from the Global South
THIS MONTH'S Nakba Day commemorations — marking 78 years since the displacement of Palestinians during Israel's 1948 War of Independence — were supposed to be occasions for solemn remembrance. Instead, they produced two embarrassing episodes that,...
Cape Town: South African Airways has come under sharp criticism after Flight SA313 came perilously close to a fuel emergency during last week’s violent Cape storm, despite clear and timely severe weather warnings issued by the South African Weather Service (SAWS). The airline’s decision to procee...
BEFORE MARVEL dominated every cinema screen and streaming platform, South Africa had its own homegrown hero — and he arrived not through a comic book or a film, but through the crackle of a radio set. Jet Jungle was a sci-fi adventure hero billed as "The Incredible Adventures of the Most Amazing...
THERE is a concept gaining traction in philosophy and critical theory called epistemic injustice — the idea that certain groups are systematically denied credibility as knowledge-holders and witnesses of their own experience. We are familiar with this in the context of racism, where the pain of B...
NATIONAL TREASURY'S draft capital flow regulations contain a definition of "crypto asset" so broad it would capture green energy certificates, governance tokens, and loyalty points. Here's why that matters — and what needs to change. There is a particular type of odious regulatory error that is h...
SOME TIME AGO I arrived late at a panel discussion on Israel and Palestine hosted by one Terry Crawford-Brown. Readers my remember the Irish banker and former spokesperson for the Anglican Church, whose credibility was left in tatters after he attempted to pin the blame for Chris Hani's assassina...