MEMBERS of the US Congress have written to President Trump urging him to revoke South Africa's AGOA preferential trade privileges. They cite the countries support of Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya (Hamas), and the attempted removal of the Taiwanese embassy in Pretoria, in addition to 'destructi...

Dear Sir/Madam, Hijacking of Holocaust Remembrance Day: Screening of Al Jazeera Gaza Documentary refers I am writing to complain and protest with regard to the hijacking of the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day event to screen an Al Jazeera documentary on Gaza: "Al Shifa The Crimes they Tried To B...

FOR over 15 months we witnessed a bloody war between Israel and Hamas. Devestation wrought on the Mediterranean seaside enclave of Gaza and the shocking faces of civilians caught up in the tragedy. Prime real estate reduced to rubble. What began as a jubilant victory over the 'Zionists', a terror...

IT ALL started with a thread on x.com about 'how Cape Town was started', and 'who lived here before the settlers arrived'?  The platform has become a haven for fringe groups, including opposition parties. Extremist politician Mehmet Dag, the man behind attempts to remove Green Point's "Rainbow Cr...

ON 16 December 1995, the first celebration of 'Reconciliation Day" took place. It was timed to coincide with the inaugural meeting of the  'South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission'. Convenor Desmond Tutu described the holiday as 'serving the need of healing the wounds of Apartheid'. The...

THIS week Kevin Bloom, a Daily Maverick associate editor waded into a controversy surrounding 'Gift of the Givers' (GOTG). The group faces allegations of channeling funds designated for humanitarian relief to organisations such as Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya (Hamas), who are listed as terror...