WHEN THE World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) declared "Apartheid is a heresy" at Ottawa in August 1982, they did so knowing that the general synods of South Africa's Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk (NGK) had posited there were "skriftuurlike gronde" (scriptural grounds) to support "rasse-ap...

THE MENDELSOHN review application against two UCT Council resolutions is taking place in the Western Cape High Court. It presents important challenges to a debate on rival definitions of antisemitism, academic freedom and the right to dissent under the current constitution. The basis for the chal...

RUSSIA'S state nuclear energy corporation, ROSATUM, has awarded "journalist", Gillian Schutte with an award on behalf of the nuclear industry. "As Africa increasingly positions itself at the forefront of multipolar nuclear partnerships, the Rosatom Media Award reinforces the significance of indep...

THE FIRST batch of Video and Photographic documentation surrounding the Operation Al Aqsa Flood event has been placed online. In a tweet by documentary film-maker Pierre Rehov. says: If you live outside of Israel and you still believe that October 7 was just another terror attack, think twice. Yo...

JUST how out-to-lunch South Africa's media are, can be seen by how the Mail & Guardian have been forced to issue a retraction and apology. On 6 August 2025, the publication published an article under the headline “Mbalula dares US to bring on sanctions against ANC leaders” . "The article incorrec...