Category: Opinion

by Sisonke Msimang Donald Trump’s endorsement has hurt white nationalists and their attempt to garner support in South Africa. Donald Trump’s comments referring to “large scale killings” of white farmers in South Africa last week may have mobilised the lunatic fringe in America and served the US president’s narrow racist interests, but in South Africa, they backfired […]

by Fadwa Mahmoud Tens of thousands of forcibly disappeared continue to languish in al-Assad’s prisons It is very painful for me to talk about my story, though it is one shared by many, many Syrians. In 2012, my 34-year-old son Maher Tahan went to Damascus airport to pick up my husband, Abdulaziz Al Kheir. Abdulaziz, […]