By Imraan Buccus The ConCourt judgment is a definite demonstration that South Africa has not become a complete banana republic. The judgment of the Constitutional Court against Jacob Zuma is a defining moment in our…
Democracy will not survive in its current form with such extreme rates of unemployment. It will either be rolled back or deepened. By Imraan Buccus As New Frame observed in a recent searing editorial, unemployment in South Africa…
By Imraan Buccus Over the years numerous credible commentators have argued that Julius Malema and the EFF are proto-fascist or fascist. The EFF is clearly an authoritarian formation in which corrupt and demagogic leaders back…
While one cannot malign all and sundry in the public service, one has to dig deep in the barrel for good and diligent apples. By Imraan Buccus First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper. An…
By Imraan Buccus In recent years there has been a decisive shift in global opinion on Israel. It is now widely understood that Israel is a settler colonial state, a brutally repressive settler state. It…
For Netanyahu, Jerusalem and Gaza are the gift that keeps on giving. Marwan Bishara Senior political analyst at Al Jazeera. Israel is a colonial war machine that never sleeps. Its mounting provocations in Jerusalem in…
Wherever the US has stationed its army, they have committed the most human rights atrocities, writes Dr. Mustafa Mheta of the Media Review Network. The Media Review Network (MRN) is deeply worried by the latest…
We require a recommitment to God’s beauty, excellence and goodness, as we come together to confront the challenge of sustainable planetary future, writes Prof Aslam Fataar. Islam has a robust ethical tradition that impacts its public…
Recent court judgment in favour of the solidarity movement has far reaching positive consequences for the advocacy of Palestinian rights, writes Iqbal Jassat 2021 kicked off astoundingly well for South Africa’s broad based Palestinian solidarity movements.…
The challenge to the Institute of Security Studies (ISS) is to ensure that its half-baked theories do not inflame a narrative that fuels Islamophobia, writes Dr. Mustafa Mheta In recent days and weeks, the Institute of Security Studies…