As a South African, I write this with shame in my heart and blood on my hands. I am sitting here reflecting on the dark days of 2008 when xenophobic violence spread through the country. We did what we could to improve the si...
Parkwood is one of the “coloured communities” in Western Cape that Oasis works at. Part of our job in the area is to outreach to the community members in an attempt to understand their needs and their issues so that...
In light of the recent events in the Middle East, it seems pertinent to address the accusation that will seemingly never die. That is the charge that Israel is perpetrating a system of Apartheid analogous to what was imposed ...
Mandela, as the eulogies which were sent from all corners of the globe showed, was a man revered by almost everybody. At his funeral Obama mixed with Raul Castro, Robert Mugabe and Oprah Winfrey. As we lose the last of the grea...
The rank hypocrisy with which members of the Conservative party are standing up to praise Nelson Mandela is something that only those with a non-functioning manure detector can accept without feeling a degree of outrage. As Cam...
The 5th Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) Summit held in Durban kicks off today and there is a sense of anticipation in the air. The thought of the major emerging economies binding together to create a super...
Recent events in the course of South Africa’s social and political process have led many to pose the question as to whether youth leagues, agencies and subsidies are still useful. And indeed, such a question has been raised w...
When the apartheid state security apparatus unleashed its violence in Sharpeville in 1960, sixty-nine people were left dead. It was a traumatising episode in the struggle for black rights and racial equality in South Africa. Ye...
On 16th August 2012 striking South African miners ran towards a line of police who were pointing automatic rifles at them. They were gunned down. At least 34 protesting workers were killed at the platinum mine northwest of Joha...