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Examining western attitudes to apartheid

The struggle for national rights in South Africa has a 300-year-old history. It continues today, as economic and social apartheid is dismantled in South Africa and it challenges Western imperialism.

Voëlvry: South African’s Rock’n’Roll Revolution

"The Voëlvry artists clearly aimed to provide an example of a way to be both distinctly Afrikaans and disagree with the conservative government"

Lifting the cloud: South Africa’s return to winning ways

"The series against India could well go some way to dispelling the shadows around the team, if not the still-troubled administrators."

Alice Phoebe Lou: A Listener’s Guide

"What kind of living is this? I don't wanna simply exist. I wanna punch with my fists…grab life by her wrists…and say I want this". After lockdown number three was announced, the lyrics hit me in a completely new way, as if I was listening to the song for the first time again.

Oxford vaccine offers “minimal protection” against South African variant but prevents serious illness

In a study led by researchers from the South African University of Witwatersrand and the University of Oxford, the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine has been found to have “minimal protection” against mild to moderate cases of the South African Covid-19 variant.

#AmINext sheds light on us all

CW: Violence, sexual assault In South Africa, women are shining a spotlight on the government’s glaring failure to halt the sustained and rising tide of...

Involved, awake, engaged – an interview with Nick Farrell

South Africa’s principle uncanniness is in the reflection it gives of our own home nation.

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