![Sadly, the Equality Report produced by the South African Human Rights Commission in South Africa makes for dismal reading and calls on all of us to play our role in creating a more equitable and just society. Here, Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya calls the Church to its own ‘mea culpa’ in bringing inequality when it comes to one of society’s most basic needs – education. It was hardly a “stop the presses” moment when the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) released […]](https://i0.wp.com/spotlight.africa/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/6256808462_2e437953b0_o.jpg?resize=1400%2C912&ssl=1)
The hypocrisy of Obama
Not all were as impressed by the rousing Nelson Mandela Annual lecture given by former US President Barack Obama to a 15 000-strong packed Bidvest Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. For Mphuthumi Nthabeni his public address w... More »
What to say of the crisis in the Church?
The sexual abuse crisis that has in recent months come to light in the Chilean Church has left many questioning. Earlier this week the New York Times exposed how popular former archbishop of Washington DC, Cardinal Theodore M... More »
Civil society and the Global Compact on Migration
On 9 July, 180 civil society groups active in the field of migration issued a joint statement ahead of the sixth and final round of discussions on the Global Compact on Migration (GCM), due to take place in New York. Peter-Jo... More »
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The Bishops: “Elections are an opportunity to build a new Zimbabwe”
Fides News Agency reports how the Bishops of Zimbabwe have released a new pastoral letter, entitled “Opening a new door” in which they state their belief that the upcoming elections are an opportunity to build a new Zimbabwe. Harare (Agenzia Fides) “We believe... More »
Africa
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The EFF land expropriation proposal
Land expropriation without compensation is what the EFF believes is necessary to redress the great land injustice in South Africa. Mphuthumi Ntabeni takes us through what this means by examining the history of land expropriation and the EFF's proposed way forw... More »
International
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The paradox of migration
The world is aghast following reports of Mexican migrant children being forcibly separated from their parents and detained in cages as they make their crossing, even if illegal, into the USA. The ongoing horrors perpetrated by Donald Trump and those in his adm... More »
Book Reviews
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REVIEW: No Longer At Ease
In 2018 we mark the diamond jubilee of the the 1958 novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. This novel was read widely in South Africa as a school set-work. Mphuthumi Ntabeni takes a look at another of Achebe’s works, No Longer At Ease. He says that this is ... More »
