IN THE PURSUIT of 'open debate' on the touchy subject of who is an African and who is not, commentators often fail miserably in their characterisation of continental identity as solely a 'race issue', in the process repeating many of the racist tropes and typology of the past. If one follows Thek...

FINALLY, after years of delay tactics and talk of a "blanket amnesty", the much vaunted post-TRC prosecutions have arrived. A huge relief not only for the immediate victims of war-crimes and crimes against humanity but for all those South Africans who experienced apartheid and the military junta...