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Tit-for-tat: Tel-Aviv after an airstrike from Iran last week.

Iran is not Venezuela

It is easier to start wars than to end them

The conflict now spans multiple fronts: Israeli strikes inside Iran, Iranian missile attacks on Israel, attacks on US military infrastructure across the Gulf and an expanding conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Iran only needs to survive this war

There is no doubt that difficult days lie ahead of the global order as we know it since the end of World War II. Clearly, the USA has set a very dangerous precedent in terms of not abiding by international law, the rules-based order and respect for international institutions such as the United Nations and the International Criminal Court

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

US President Donald Trump. (File photo)

Refuse Trump’s return to open racism

As the US president rapidly escalates pressure on South Africa in the name of white citizens, we must stand up for reason and principle

France’s President Emmanuel Macron. Photo: Supplied

French foreign lesions: An overdue reckoning

Colonial atrocities are finally catching up to Paris, and Emmanuel Macron’s government has not put up a fight

The third commemoration of the S.S. Tilawa (above) will be held on the 82nd anniversary of its sinking, on Saturday November 23 2024 at the Regent Business School in Durban, for the first time on African soil.

Durban to host 82nd anniversary of the ill-fated S.S. Tilawa (the ‘Indian Titanic’), sunk in World War II enemy action

Lost but not forgotten – The Durban commemoration will be a whole day event

The fallen: The Cenotaph and two statues in Cape Town are in remembrance of both World Wars, showing the Western Front, the East African Campaign and the Battle of Delville Woods. Photo: Jaco Marais/Getty Images

Poppy Day: When did we forget to remember?

The act of remembrance is the recognition of the futility of war and mourning the loss of men and women whose future ended too soon