The attack on Jawaharlal Nehru University shows that the ideological civil war in India has taken a new violent turn writes academic Priyamvada Gopal. On a cold January evening, a gang of masked intruders armed…
The assassination of Iran’s top general Qasem Soleimani in Iraq has a huge cost for America, writes activist and political analyst Iqbal Jassat. Despite conflicting official statements by the Trump administration about the reason behind…
By Imraan Buccus India won its independence in 1947. Ghana won its independence in 1957. Algeria followed in 1962. Freedom came later to the settler colonies in Southern Africa. Mozambique won its end to colonial…
Modi’s latest outrageous move is an attempt to limit the granting of nationality to non-Muslim refugees ONLY in violation of basic human rights, writes Iqbal Jassat. India today is in a frantic haste to solidify…
By Imraan Buccus The “kasi life” biographies of place peppered with personal memoir is a literary genre in its own right. Originally pioneered by E’skia Mphahlele in Down Second Avenue and Ronnie Govender in his…
By Imraan Buccus Living in South Africa is like being on a roller coaster. There are lots of ups and downs, and they are often very steep. The national mood can oscillate between jubilation and…
Turkey’s invasion of the Syrian border to crush the mainly Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) raises the specter of an unending nightmare for a population caught up in war and strife, writes Iqbal Jassat. Turkish…
By Imraan Buccus Millions of South Africans have been living in an economic crisis for years, in many cases for their whole lives. Millions face unemployment, and face their situation while equipped with some of…
The sellout of Clover to an Israeli company means that some of the profits generated in SA could be used to further expand illegal settlements in Palestine’s Occupied Territories, writes Iqbal Jassat. Much to the…
Whether you are an aggrieved member of a family bombed to oblivion in Yemen, Afghanistan, Somalia or Libya, or held under military siege in Kashmir, do not expect any justice from the UNSC, writes Iqbal…