Zev Krengel, James Motlatsi, Bobby Godsell write for City Press Voices about the Anti-Racism Pledge all South Africans should sign.  It would be naive to expect 300 years of race-defined conflict to disappear in the first two decades of democracy. Our new Constitution of 1996 lays a solid foundation for a nonracial society.It affirms that our country belongs to all who live in it. View the full article  here.

The World Conference Against Racism, held in Durban in 2001, left a psychological scar on anyone who witnessed the blatant anti-Semitism that accompanied it. But what was it like for Israel’s ambassador to South Africa at the time, Tova Herzl? Would Israel and the US in fact participate? Was it the right decision to boycott it altogether? Would it not have been better to stay at the conference, and battle it ou t?  These are some of the questions that Herzl asks herself in he

It is not generally known today that originally, when pundits and politicians spoke about the problem of ‘racism’ in South Africa, they were referring to tensions between the English and Afrikaner sections of the white community. It is not generally known today that originally, when pundits and politicians spoke about the problem of ‘racism’ in South Africa, they were referring to tensions between the English and Afrikaner sections of the white community. Only much later did

Last week, the Gauteng Council took a decision that future Yom Hashoah ceremonies in Johannesburg will essentially take the same format...

The irony of the Gauteng Legislature hosting an “International Solidarity Day with Palestinians inside of Israel” are great. It is absurd that in a time of gross persecution of religious minorities throughout the Middle East, the Gauteng Legislature chooses to single out the only country in the Middle East where religious minorities enjoy complete legal protection. The irony of the Gauteng Legislature hosting an “International Solidarity Day with Palestinians inside of Israel

The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) has lodged a complaint of hate speech with the SA Human Rights Commission against Port Elizabeth attorney Maureen Jansen. This is in response to a comment posted by Jansen on her Facebook in which, amongst other things, she referred to Jews as ‘monsters’ who should be ‘exterminated’ for their support – whether active or passive – of Israel. The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) has lodged a complaint of hate spee

Racism. The ugly debate rages across the country, spreading like wildfire and flaring up on social media platforms.  Racism. The ugly debate rages across the country, spreading like wildfire and flaring up on social media platforms.  Click here to view the full article