The struggle against apartheid propelled South Africa (SA) to align herself with human rights struggles around the world. It also set SA to the forefront of global human rights activism. Consequently, SA has been regarded by many countries around the world as the champion and a leading proponent of human…

Lest we forget, President Vladimir Putin supports Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s continuing destruction and maiming of women and children including thousands of Palestinian refugees in Syria. Since March 2011, pro-government forces have killed 3,196 Palestinian refugees, including 491 under torture, and 2,663 others are still missing, since disappearing into…

Leaders from various parts of Africa are currently meeting in the capital city of Côte d’Ivoire , Abidjan. The meeting is to discuss matters impacting on various religious groups around the world. The International Symposium on Inter-Religious Dialogue has decided on an important theme for this years’ gathering, The Eternal…

(courtesy, Tutu family) Archbishop Desmond Tutu passed away this morning. He will be remembered differently by many people around world. He was a Nobel Prize Laurate, a man of God, fervent freedom fighter and a man of peace with an amazing sense of humour. Tutu was an architect of the…

The Tigrayan People Liberation Front’s (TPLF) political intentions to gain more autonomous powers in Tigray are akin to a secession. Although the TPLF’s leadership has been careful not to utter the word “secession”, their actions, defiance and indeed the establishment of an “army” points towards a “creation of a state…

The world of football was abuzz this week when news emerged that the former FC Barcelona star, Lionel Messi was leaving the club. He spent 21 years of his professional career at the club. Messi joined Barcelona in 2000 at the age of 13, famously signing his first contract on…

The road towards the election of Jacob Zuma as the president of the African National Congress (ANC) in both its 2007 and 2012 Conferences presented a number of red flags which were ignored by the ANC. Days leading to the ANC conference in Mangaung in 2012 the organisation had promotional…

First things first, the apartheid regime in South Africa, with all its brutality, never used F-16 fighter jets and the equivalent of today’s sophisticated armory of Israel to bomb the oppressed in the townships. According to the Minister of Housing and public Works in Gaza, Naji Sarhan the number of…

When Donald Trump assumed office, he used his own Facebook and Twitter accounts instead of that of the President of the United States (POTUS), a trend started by Barack Obama. Must leaders use personal Facebook and Twitter accounts during their tenure as heads of state, what must become of those…