PROTECTING DEMOCRACY Gen Z takes charge as activists unite to challenge authoritarianism and reshape democracy in 2025 7 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Middle East crisis — ‘Activists are the antibodies of a healthy society,’ says UN’s Francesca Albanese 10 min 0 By Mark Heywood
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS South African Gaza flotilla activists detained in Israel to be repatriated Tuesday — Dirco 5 min 2 By Victoria O’Regan
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS Humanitarian flotilla under attack, en route to break Gaza siege 4 min 6 By Mel Frykberg
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS SA activists on the flotilla risk their lives to break Israel’s Gaza blockade 7 min 12 By Victoria O’Regan
MANDELA DAY Fire every GNU Minister who is not doing their job! How citizens would channel their inner Madiba 6 min 3 By Daily Maverick
LETTER FROM THE DM168 EDITOR We must honour Mandela by fighting the corruption in the heart of our democracy 4 min 2 By Heather Robertson
FOOD EQUITY Union Against Hunger launched to combat food insecurity and hold power to account 4 min 1 By Naledi Sikhakhane
BEN TUROK MEMORIAL LECTURE OP-ED As climate cliff nears, we must counter pessimism and denialism with courage, creativity and compassion 6 min 0 By Moira Levy
JOURNEY OF KINDNESS From HIV to obesity – Professor Francois Venter on fighting for better health for more people 5 min 3 By Ufrieda Ho
ACTIVISM IN PERIL Eswatini upholds contentious anti-terrorism, anti-sedition and subversive activities laws 5 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
BOOK REVIEW ‘If we burn, they burn with us’ — 10 protest movements that shook the world in the 2010s but didn’t change it 5 min 0 By Mark Heywood
THE FACTS OF LIFE The defence of journalism and journalists is a social justice issue 5 min 0 By Mark Heywood
THE CONVERSATION TikTok activism: how queer Zimbabweans use social media to show love and fight hate 4 min 0 By Gibson Ncube and Princess Sibanda
MATTERS OF THE ART Nurturing memory and materiality in the vast depth of Sepideh Mehraban’s artistic practice 7 min 0 By David Mann
ISS TODAY OP-ED Citizen activism proving to be empowering force behind Senegal’s hard-fought drive for democracy 4 min 0 By Enoch Randy Aikins for ISS Today
FOSSIL FUEL FINANCE Climate activists stand in solidarity after arrests outside Standard Bank 5 min 6 By Julia Evans
FOOD SOVEREIGNTY OP-ED South African peasant activists unveil land inequality struggles on global stage in Colombia 4 min 1 By Boaventura Monjane
THE ACTIONISTS Passionate youth activist shepherds Katlehong youngsters towards a brighter, safer future 3 min 0 By Thom Pierce
