SPECIAL “WOMEN’S DAY” MESSAGE BY PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA
“Today is no ordinary commemoration. It is one of the most important days on our national calendar. Women’s Day is a day on which we honour the women of South Africa. But it is also a day of profound significance for our entire country. This is because the Women’s March of 1956 was not a […]
THE “TOWER OF BABEL” OR THE BREAK FROM THE LEASH? BLACK JOURNALISTS, OWNERSHIP, AND THE FRAGMENTED MEDIA FUTURE
In the last decade, something quiet but profound has happened in South African media. One by one, names we grew up reading in the daily and Sunday papers have reappeared — not on mastheads owned by Naspers or Arena, but on their own websites, newsletters, and YouTube channels. Len Maseko. Jovial Rantao. Abbey Makoe. Zubeida […]
CALLS FOR JOURNALISTS TO ENTER THE 2026 SADC MEDIA AWARDS
All South African journalists and/or media are invited to submit their entries for the 2026 SADC Media Awards competition. The SADC Media Awards competition is open only to journalists from the SADC Member States of Africa. Entries are open in four categories: Photo Journalism, Print Journalism, Television Journalism, and Radio Journalism. Established in 1996, the […]
NYDA EXECUTIVE CHAIRPERSON AT 80TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
As the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA), we were honoured to form part of the South African delegation to the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level Week. During this historic gathering, we participated in the high-level plenary meeting commemorating the 30th anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth, reaffirming […]
KIPPIE MOEKETSI AT 100: THE SPIRIT OF SOUTH AFRICAN JAZZ LIVES ON
On the 27th of July 2025, South Africa commemorates the centenary of one of its most compelling cultural figures. Kippie Moeketsi. Affectionately known as “South Africa’s Charlie Parker.” Yet Kippie was far more than a local imitation of an American great. He was a revolution in tone, mood, and being. He was the soul of […]
DEPUTY PRESIDENT MASHATILE’S ADDRESS AT THE G20 INTERNATIONAL ROUNDTABLE
“It is an honour to be here today after I have just returned from a very successful Working Visit to the Russian Federation, where our delegation was warmly welcomed and engaged in an intense programme aimed at deepening bilateral trade and economic ties between South Africa and Russia. As you all know, Russia has a […]
WHY PRIDE MONTH IS STILL A PROTEST, NOT A CELEBRATION
In South Africa, the month of June is not only Youth Month, it is also the international Pride Month. This is a commemorative month-long observance dedicated to the celebration of LGBTQ+ pride, celebrating the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people in local and international cultures and communities. South Africa is not only […]
THE STRUGGLE AND THE SPIRIT WORLD: ANCESTORS APPARITIONS, AND THE AFTERLIFE OF RESISTANCE
Beyond the Physical Battle While the liberation struggle in South Africa is often narrated through guns, chants, marches, and negotiations, another dimension operated in tandem, one largely unspoken, sometimes mocked, and yet profoundly real to many who participated. The spiritual dimension. The realm of ancestors. The invisible world of rituals, dreams, and prophecies. For many, […]
THE PRESERVATION OF WHITE PRIVILEGE IS ANTITHESIS TO THE NATION’S DREAM TO BE FREE
This year marks the 49th anniversary of June 16, 1976. It is almost half a century of memory with which we are dealing. Through the dialogue held in Soweto this week, we engaged in a struggle against forgetting. In South Africa, June 16, 1976 was the bravest action undertaken, only 16 years after the Sharpeville Massacre […]
REFLECTIONS ON YOUTH DAY 2025 – THE POWER OF OUR HISTORY AND IDENTITY
This year’s Youth Day commemorates 49 years since the June 16 Student Uprisings (also known as the Soweto Massacres), a crucial turning point in the liberation struggle of South Africa. In 1976, Soweto, the unbridled bravery of tens-of-thousands of schoolchildren ignited a countrywide rebellion, setting in motion a transformation that would define the future. The merciless killing of […]
SA CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY OF MOLEFE PHETO, THE MUCH LOVED AZANIAN “BULL FROM MORULENG”
Today, June 11, marks the celebration of a true giant of the anti-apartheid Struggle, Molefe Pheto, as he turns 90. The highly esteemed, affable nonagenarian is a renowned South African musician, teacher, and activist. Born on June 11, 1935, in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg, Pheto has had a remarkable life dedicated to waging an anti-racist struggle […]
THE USNESS OF US: A TRIBUTE TO SOUTH AFRICA’S FOREMOST STRUGGLE POETS
There are verses that do more than speak. They breathe. They march. They bleed. They return across generations like incantations passed from mouth to ear, from prison cell to refugee camp, from jazz club to the guerrilla front. For those of us who came of age in exile, navigating the uncertainties of borders, belonging, and […]