Press statement In celebrating human rights, the Anti-Racism Network South Africa (ARNSA) launched the 5th Anti-Racism Week at the historic Sharpeville Human Rights Precinct, in Vereeniging. The Anti-Racism Network South Africa is an alliance of like-minded organisations interested in responding to issues of racism nationally. The network calls on all various sectors of society to…
By Neeshan Balton This weekend, we will be given the final chance to register to vote in the upcoming elections. It will 25 years since South Africans of all races were first given this opportunity. The palpable excitement of the day, 27 April 1994, and the oppressive years of legislated apartheid that preceded it,…
By Neeshan Balton The Anti-Racism Network South Africa (ARNSA) will on November 1 and 2 in Johannesburg host its annual conference, this year themed ‘Pathways to Anti-Racism’. It will bring together a range of organisations, key thinkers and policy-makers from various sectors to both understand the resurgence of racism locally and globally, and explore…
Representatives of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation (AKF) and Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) recently travelled to Sweden to meet with retail outlet H&M following their publishing of the racist ‘hoodie’ advert earlier this year. H&M published an advert of an African child wearing a hoodie with the phrase ‘Coolest Monkey in the Jungle’, contrary…
A selfless fighter who drew wisdom and values of leadership from fellow comrades, peers and his oppressors, Nelson Mandela may be gone, but the Madiba magic continues to live on especially within the youth.