South Africa

South African Communists fight release of Chris Hani killer

December 13, 2022 By Morning Star

Mr. Walus killed Mr. Hani outside his home in April 1993 by shooting him at point blank range.

International Brigade Against Apartheid: Veterans of South Africa struggle share lessons

August 22, 2022 By Stéphane Doucet

Thirty years after the fall of apartheid, and there’s still a lot to learn.

Remembering Archbishop Desmond Tutu: An encounter in Hawaii

January 4, 2022 By Ed Rampell

Desmond Tutu may have been slight in height but he was a colossus in stature.

‘Back of the Moon’: A Noirish apartheid-era South African film

March 3, 2021 By Ed Rampell

Director/co-writer and Oscar nominee Angus Gibson’s Back of the Moon is another example of why I love PAFF—the Pan African Virtual Film + Arts Festival. If not for this festival film buffs like moi probably would...

Alphaeus Hunton: A life devoted to equality, liberation, and internationalism

February 26, 2021 By Tony Pecinovsky

As an architect of the early struggle for African-American equality and Black liberation in Africa, Hunton was committed to exposing the links between Jim Crow and imperialism.