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EBRAHIM MPHUTLANE WA BOFELO does a comparative analysis of the presidencies of Mandela, Mbeki, Zuma and Ramaphosa, arguing why they could not risk even the slightest possibility of a revolutionary shift to the left. Introduction HOW a society works is informed by a dynamic relationship between ideology,...

The hearts of the Wintervelt community members are filled with joy as they look forward to a clinic that will serve critical healthcare needs. This comes after Amir Kulungile Raheem Nkumane announced that a community clinic will be built on the Umvelinqangi Winterveldt Jumu’a Masjid premises, writes...

THE deputy minister of Social Development, Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu, officially launched the King Salman Aid and Relief Centre’s project under the banner ‘Food assistance to support the people of South Africa’, on February 17. A representative of one of the implementing partners of the ‘Food assistance to support...

BOORHAANOL Islam Movement pays tribute to one of Bo-Kaap’s icons who went on to serve the Cape community, and who also made an immense contribution nationally and internationally. PROFESSOR Ebrahim Arnold led a life of balance, an imperative our Creator strongly urges humankind to follow. EA, as...

WILLIAM HIRSCH reports on the first-ever People's Vaccine Open Forum. ‘WE would like to see people vaccinated. It is the best defence against serious illness and death. We want to see people vaccinated but we will also not force people.’ These were the sentiments expressed by Kedibone...

With the onset of the COVID-19 epidemic, many have lost family and friends; the community has lost selfless activists working for justice and those who worked towards building social cohesion and contributed towards research and scholarship. ‘The antithesis of the ivory tower intellectual’ SEDICK CROMBIE, a resident...

ANVER SEDAN, the chairperson of the Worcester Muslim Jamaa and leader of the gadat, gajaat and dhikrs in the community, writes about the two-hundred year history of a community that rose from a colonial and slave legacy. WORCESTER is known to many, particularly those from Cape Town,...

Khalid Desai (left), then principal of Alexander Sinton High School, and his then deputy, Nabil Swart, leading the parents and students in a 1985 protest which saw the school, amongst others, forcibly closed by the apartheid regime. (Photo SUPPLIED) ALEXANDER Sinton High School has honoured one of...

RADIA Razack is an accomplished professional with a career as environmental lawyer. But she has a story to tell, disturbing in its detail yet astonishingly inspiring in its approaching finale. Our reporter, MAHMOOD SANGLAY, spoke to her. Radia’s story is one of near-closure. It is a sustained,...

by MAHMOOD SANGLAY Professor Shafika Isaacs, who was born and raised in District Six, Cape Town, was awarded meritorious recognition of her work as Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation by the South African Education Research Association (Saera) for her doctoral research in education. (Photo Supplied) PROFESSOR Shafika Isaacs earned...