Category: Opinion

Tinashe Mushakavanhu, University of Oxford In Zimbabwean author NoViolet Bulawayo’s new novel Glory – longlisted for the Booker Prize 2022 – animals take on human characteristics. Through this she explores … Read More

Charles Parry, South African Medical Research Council and Jason Bantjes, South African Medical Research Council On 26 June 2022, 21 young people died at the Enyobeni tavern in East London, … Read More

Blessing-Miles Tendi, University of Oxford Development studies professor David Moore’s new book, Mugabe’s Legacy: Coups, Conspiracies and the Conceits of Power in Zimbabwe, attempts to understand the legacy of Robert … Read More

Sanya Osha, University of Cape Town The mortal fight against apartheid is usually cast in terms of good versus evil, a simple schism in which there are heroes and villains, … Read More

Gwen Ansell, University of Pretoria Sophie Mgcina, composer, educationist and performer, gazes out from the page, uncompromising and direct. She’s just swung around from the piano to face us; behind … Read More

Shannon Morreira, University of Cape Town and Tamuka Chekero, University of Cape Town The dominant story of migration in South Africa is that of xenophobia. The subject is regularly in … Read More

Nicholas Westcott, SOAS, University of London Far from being swift, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine now looks likely to become a long-running war of attrition. It will therefore have an accumulating, … Read More