Iqbal Jassat

Violent brutality, often seen on cinema screens as well as TV and online broadcasts – a hallmark of Hollywood, always ends with a sigh of relief in the knowledge that fiction triumphed over reality. “Dead” actors […]

Having lost considerable influence in Europe and other parts of the world over the ding-dong being played out over Brexit, Theresa May is seeking to gain leverage by boxing in Hezbollah.

Not only does it appear […]

In the aftermath of the Pulwama attack in Kashmir which resulted in the death of close to fifty Indian military forces, shockingly but not surprisingly, very little debate over the “blame game” has ensued. […]

What is it about Clover Dairy’s proposed sellout to Israel’s Central Bottling Company (CBC) that has everyone up in arms?

What makes this potential deal different to others – after all, foreign direct […]

Dramatic developments currently underway in Venezuela, reveals a sinister yet bold plot by the United States of American to impose regime-change via a coup.

Interestingly, the brazen attempt to impose an […]

Israel’s war criminals who head the settler regime’s apartheid government, are in all likelihood deeply disappointed at the way 2018 has ended.

Since Donald Trump’s election as America’s president, Israel felt […]

Recent events in South Africa have had a profoundly positive impact on Palestine.

It may not be music for this country’s pro-Israel lobby but certainly welcomed by the broad spectrum of solidarity movements […]

No matter how often officials of China deny or refute reports of state-sponsored targeting of Uyghur (also spelled as Uighur) Muslims, the evidence for it is overwhelming.

The latest damning research […]

South Africa’s shameful decision to “sit on the fence” during the United Nation’s recent vote on Myanmar, has come under attack, and rightly so.

Since the Rohingya crisis caught the attention of the world […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa is due to address South Africa’s Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD), in what has become a ritual for leaders of the country.

Unsurprisingly, the Jewish Board has hailed the upcoming […]

Finally, the devastation in Yemen caused by Saudi Arabia’s unrelenting war, seems to have caught the attention of America’s mainstream media.

This dramatic turnaround from being an uncritical endorser of the […]

What certainty do South African critics of Saudi Arabia have that they will not face the same tragic fate that befell Jamal Khashoggi?

Three recent commentators who took public positions to express their […]

During his recent visit to a Johannesburg synagogue, South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa repeated an overused mantra to assuage his Jewish audience about the country’s evenhandedness.

Overused and […]

China’s horrific treatment of Muslim Uyghurs (also spelled as Uighurs), which the state has been desperate to keep under wraps is increasingly becoming more apparent.

At a recent sitting of the UN Committee on […]

Who and why?

These are the questions posed to determine reasons behind the mystery of explosives or bombs – or whatever these incendiary devices are technically called – suddenly appearing in Durban shopping […]

“Unconscionable” approach to Israel, claims the Trump administration as it unceremoniously exits from the United Nations Human Rights Council, UNHRC.

Using the excuse that the UNHRC is biased against Israel, […]

Nothing could illustrate the stark contrast between a post-1994 democratic South Africa and Israel’s apartheid structures than the iconic photo of Hector Pieterson.

The picture of a dying 13-year-old […]

Radio talk shows in South Africa have entrenched themselves as powerful platforms affording listeners means to engage, debate and question.

And in the tradition of robustness, free speech spares no holy cows. […]

At a time South Africa is mourning the passing of the country’s beloved icon of the freedom struggle Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the world reels from the shock of Israel’s brutality.

In full glare of television […]

In a remarkably fresh approach to resistance to Israel’s seven decades of colonialism, Palestinians have geared up to mobilise en masse in what has been dubbed as Great Return March.

Starting Friday 30th March […]