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Members of the Black Sash and Movement for Colonial Freedom and the Black march to South Africa House in London to deliver a memorandum to South African prime minister JG Strijdom. Photo: ulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis/Getty Images

Apartheid, crimes against humanity: How the law remembers the past

The 80th anniversary of WWII is an opportune moment to reflect on the future of justice in South Africa

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Justice: President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered a commission of inquiry into ANC governments’ role in possibly delaying investigations.

New inquiry into whether prosecutions of apartheid-era crimes were blocked

Successive ANC-led governments have been criticised by some for prioritising national reconciliation ahead of justice for victims

  • Eyaaz
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An image from Zimbabwe back in 1960 when colonial powers ruled the nation. (Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

How colonialism shaped modern leadership styles in Africa

The violence, poverty, and oppression left deep psychological scars on future leaders, driving some to channel their trauma into a relentless pursuit of justice and equality

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