THERE is a concept gaining traction in philosophy and critical theory called epistemic injustice — the idea that certain groups are systematically denied credibility as knowledge-holders and witnesses of their own experience. We are familiar with this in the context of racism, where the pain of B...

SOME TIME AGO I arrived late at a panel discussion on Israel and Palestine hosted by one Terry Crawford-Brown. Readers my remember the Irish banker and former spokesperson for the Anglican Church, whose credibility was left in tatters after he attempted to pin the blame for Chris Hani's assassina...

UNLIKE the majority faith group who are Christians, most Jews experience what I refer to as baseline Anti-Semitism, hostility towards Jewish identity that is so prevalent it is background noise or weather. 7/10 merely emboldened what was already latent within our supposedly tolerant, free societi...

IT WASN'T just the US Civil Rights movement and its leaders like Jesse Jackson who supported the anti-apartheid struggle. The truth is, hundreds of ordinary Americans, sent money, literature and goodwill to the movement within our country. Watching President Ramaphosa address the Jackson funeral...

THE Department of Communications and Digital Technologies has published a sweeping draft 'National Artificial Intelligence Policy' that aims to put South Africa at the forefront of the global AI revolution. But nothing could be further from the truth. Buried in the fine print is a proposal that s...