Voices
Dispatches
In response to the recent spate of xenophobic attacks the South African Government launched Operation Fiela a word which means to ldquo sweep clean rdquo or ldquo clear out rdquo the rubbish Although the national police force led this operation the military were also brought in to assist Th
Dispatches
While the world rsquo s attention was focused on the outbreak of deadly xenophobic attacks in South Africa another deplorable murder took place Eighty-six-year-old Missionary Sister of the Precious Blood Stefani Tiefenbacher was allegedly gang raped and murdered in her bedroom Police are waiting
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Church and civil organizations are working to bring relief to victims.
Dispatches
Eurocentric view of family—father, mother and children (nuclear family)—found problematic
Dispatches
RhodesMustFall has become a headline story and frequently used hash-tag in social media It is has become the label given to a raging debate around curricula race white privilege and colonialism at institutions of higher learning in South Africa The Rhodes Must Fall campaign began at one of Afri
Dispatches
Parliament erupted into a brawl just a few sentences into the president's speech
Dispatches
In recent weeks South Africans have once again witnessed xenophobic violence The violence broke out after a Somali shop owner in Soweto shot a 14-year old local dead The shop owner claims that the boy part of a gang of youths was trying to steal from him One of the youths dropped a gun in the p
Dispatches
Benedict Daswa, a layman, was killed for his opposition to the use of traditional medicines.
Dispatches
Notorious apartheid-era death squad commander given parole after 20 years behind bars.
Signs Of the Times
On May 7, 10 days after the celebration of the anniversary of their nation’s first democratic elections in April 1994, South Africans went to the polls in the first vote since the death of Nelson Mandela last December. The African National Congress gained a 62 percent majority to retain p