Address by Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza SC In this video, Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza SC reflects on issues connected to truth, justice, accountability, and the continuing importance of confronting South Africa’s historical realities with honesty and courage. As one of the prominent legal figures associated with South Africa’s democratic transition and the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Ntsebeza’s contribution forms part of a broader national conversation about mem

Winter is creeping in slowly, and the signs are unmistakable. The air grows drier each morning — thinner. Stepping outside becomes a battle of will. Yet it is exactly that edge that calls me. I am driven by the dream, and by the need to test my limits — to find out how far I can go. There are mornings when the cold sinks so deep that my fingers ache, as if the bone could shatter from the slightest knock. Eastern Cape winters do not offer much daylight. The sun rises late and

Lizo Tshona, from Nyalasa village on the outskirts of Cala town, is a farmer at heart. In 2019, he made a deliberate decision to leave Cape Town and return to the Eastern Cape, choosing the quiet resilience of rural life over the pace of the city. For him, the rolling hills and fertile soil of home were not just a change of scenery, but an opportunity to invest in the land and build something meaningful. Farming, he explains, is not without its challenges. Drought, pests and

- The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing – Edmund Burke. At the time of writing this piece the United States government had for the sixth time vetoed the United Nations Security Council Resolution calling for the ceasefire in Gaza, a move by the US that tacitly endorses the despicable and callous actions by its ally Israel against the besieged Gaza Strip. For those witnessing this Israel – Palestine conflict unfold for the first time,