Whether on the frontline in Ukraine or skate parks in Soweto, the genre is still a vital outlet for disaffected people everywhere. Here, musicians explain how they rage against the machineAndriy Zholob, vocalist/guitarist,...
Read MoreVeteran leftwinger has been ‘in exile in the east’ in Russia and not been to Holborn and St Pancras constituency since campaign beganGeorge Galloway has been elected seven times to parliament, but his attempt to succeed for an...
Read MoreA week after Elizabeth ‘Tsontso’ Moselakgomo’s body was found, runners took part in a morning run to honour her name and demand more protectionThe runners smiled and laughed, congratulating each other on finishing their 5km or...
Read MoreOn its anniversary, the author of a new book about the album explains the complex legacy and masterful musicianship of the 1986 classicIt was the summer of 1984 and things weren’t going well for Paul Simon. The year prior, a...
Read MoreFor one day every June, South Africa’s searing racial inequality seems to melt away at Comrades raceIn the early morning dark, thousands of runners waited, jostling with anticipation. South Africa’s national anthem rang out....
Read MoreThe world has watched the news of deaths and evacuations anxiously, and those still onboard MV Hondius face a wary reception in the Canary IslandsAs the MV Hondius sailed out of Ushuaia, the most southerly city on Earth, on 1...
Read MoreSocial media full of complaints about digital nomads, while waiting list for social housing gets longerEarlier this month, graffiti appeared on the promenade in Sea Point, on Cape Town’s wealthy Atlantic Seaboard: “Digital...
Read MoreWhen Trump granted white South Africans refugee status, he was echoing a falsehood about Black people taking revenge for years of brutality. But no one flourishes in a repressive police stateThere’s a little town in the scrub in...
Read MorePM says he aims to secure investment to help deal with cost of living and shore up support for UkraineKeir Starmer has defended his decision to travel to South Africa for the G20 summit days before the budget and despite the...
Read MoreUS president also offers asylum to Afrikaners and criticises law that allows land seizures without compensation in some circumstancesThe US president, Donald Trump, has signed an executive order to cut financial assistance to...
Read MoreIsraeli foreign minister says move was prompted by Irish government’s ‘extreme anti-Israeli policies’Israel has announced it will close its embassy in Ireland, citing Dublin’s decision last week to support a petition at the...
Read MoreSmyth moved to South Africa after he was barred from re-entering Zimbabwe, where he abused boys at summer campsThe evangelical Christian barrister John Smyth abused as many 130 boys and young men in the UK, Zimbabwe and possibly...
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