While – ironically – celebrating the anniversary of the Freedom Charter, the EFF leader told supporters that they should take land illegally, as no white person can claim ownership in SA.

Some guy from Johannesburg has called for gay men to be shot, but what’s worse is that Facebook refused to remove the man’s comment from the public sphere as it hadn’t violated their “community standards.”

The ruling party’s former treasurer-general and struggle stalwart is no stranger to speaking his mind, and recently described the Nkandla saga as “scandalous.”

The opposition leader has criticised what he calls “a flaw” in South Africa’s constitution that’s allowing president Jacob Zuma to stay in power.

Malema says that, while the EFF plans to take control of South Africa in the 2019 General Election, he has no desire to be state president.

I was part of a leadership workshop this week with a group of young leaders. The venue for the workshop was Liliesleaf Farm in Rivonia, which was a safe house for Nelson Mandela and the other ANC stalwarts accused of treason in the infamous Rivonia Trail. It was here that they planned to overthrow the Apartheid regime by force.

This weekend saw huge celebrations in Ireland marking the yes vote to allow gay marriage. The same laws that South Africa passed in 2006. A great step forward for gay rights and an important moment to reflect on how amazing South Africa’s constitution is.

Animal and human rights activist, and famous naturist Pocahontas goes toe to toe with attention-junkies Dookoom in a ‘who inspired humanist ideals better’ showdown.

Nkandla is symbolic of how the people’s hope and faith and optimism has been variously abused, misused and ultimately destroyed. It is the tipping-point in the abusive relationship, argues Kameel Premhid.

The State has requested a delay of unspecified duration in order to examine whether Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s report on President Zuma’s homestead at Nkandla would jeopardise national security. However, Madonsela has dismissed the security concerns as part of a systematic delay strategy by ministers

Recent explosive revelations about surveillance by the US and British governments could pale in comparison to the level of spying on South African civilian communications, says a South African telecommunications specialist lawyer