January 2024 Dear comrade, much has happened to us as an organisation and the world we inhabit. Whilst we witness on our screens the wanton killings of Palestinians, done with impunity, we witness a re-galvanised courage that seeks to put a stop to abuses of power...
Photo courtesy of sahistory.org.za I was invited to speak at a recent seminar for media practitioners hosted by the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism and Lawyers for Human Rights. After the workshop, I was more frightened than when I entered. Unless...
November 2023 Dear Hassen, this edition is filled with the continuing struggles of our people in South Africa, the continent and the world. It has the usuals and some that have just gatecrashed our bulletin. So you will get progress reports on SLAPP suit cases and...
The reporting of Al Jazeera generally is more informative of the war on Gaza. See in particular https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLAKbQOBgnw which attempted to provide background to the complex moral and justice issues affecting victims of war, occupation and colonial...
October 2023 · JUST IN · Dear comrade, this period since we last met, saw two major civil society conferences on mining and extractivism. Whilst the final reports and declarations are still being finalised, they underlined the right to resist injustices and, whilst...
