IRAN IS VICTIM OF IAEA AND US-LED WESTERN DOUBLE-STANDARDS
Apart from the obvious loss of life and the mass destruction of infrastructure, the war on Iran by the US-Israeli joint venture exposes more fault-lines in our beleaguered international system: Double standards. Geopolitics analysts believe that the biggest winner in the military onslaught against Iran is already the Jewish state of Israel, and in particular […]
THE 65TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSASSINATION OF THE GREAT PATRICE EMERY LUMUMBA
“[T]he only thing which we wanted for our country is the right to a worthy life, to dignity without pretence, to independence without restrictions. This was never the desire of the Belgian colonialists and their Western allies…” This extract is taken from a letter that Baba Patrice Emery Lumumba wrote to his wife, shortly before […]
IF GBV WAS A DISASTER, WESTERN CAPE HAS MADE IT A CATASTROPHE!
At the beginning of this month, GBV was officially declared a National Disaster in South Africa. However, this past week, the nation woke up to an unforgivable reality: the Western Cape has no rape kits whatsoever. Although this was so vehemently denied by a scrambling SAPS spokesperson Colonel Andrè Traut mere days ago, an […]
BC ADHERENTS TO HOLD A SERVICE INSIDE PRISON CELL WHERE STEVE BIKO DIED
The Black Consciousness Movement-United (BCM-U) and the Azanian Peoples’ Organization (AZAPO) have announced a joint program to commemorate the 48th anniversary of Steve Biko‘s death in detention in Pretoria on September 12. The announcement was made on the eve of the National Black Consciousness week marking the last painful but defiant days of Biko’s torture […]
IN MEMORIAM: JB VILAKAZI – FIFTY YEARS ON, A LIFE STILL MOURNED, A LEGACY STILL HONOURED
This month marks fifty years since the violent and unresolved death of Jabu Bernard Vilakazi, a man whose life was as generous as it was tragically cut short. As we pay tribute to this atypical liberation struggle hero, we remember a life that defied the odds and took a stand to be a protector of […]
BAIL APPLICATION FOR SANDF OFFICIALS POSTPONED
The Randburg Magistrates’ Court has postponed the bail application of 12 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) officials to 03 July 2025, to allow for the verification of their residential addresses. The accused face multiple serious charges, including three counts of murder, kidnapping, fraud, obstruction of justice, perjury, and theft of a motor vehicle. The […]