Craig Stewart

Thousands celebrate Abahlali baseMjondolo’s 20th anniversary in Durban Shack dwellers’ movement was founded in 2005

About 5,000 members of Abahlali baseMjondolo travelled from informal settlements across the country to celebrate the movement’s two decades of activism at Curries Fountain Stadium in Durban at the weekend.

Read groundup.org.za/article/thou... by Joseph Bracken

This was an inspiring afternoon

Masterful writing. The #Continent is a fab innovation. Not just because it’s WhatsApp delivered. But because it’s African writers for African audiences. Sign up. @thecontinent.org @simonallison.bsky.social @siphok.bsky.social please tell author that this story is in-put-down able.

Purely evil...

NUTRITION DISTRESS: Hunger crisis — rights group calls for state action as 23% of South Africans struggle to access food

The Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa has launched a report that unpacks the cause of South Africa’s food poverty crisis and looks at legal frameworks to strengthen food security. ‘People are not ignorant about nutrition, rather they are unable to access nutritious food and/or have ...

America’s favourite Africans In the United States, Afrikaner "refugees" were greeted with balloons and speeches by senior officials in the Trump’s administration, which paid for their flight.

Rates of violent crime in South Africa are high, but do not disproportionately impact white people.

Refugees from places like Sudan and Gaza are not being afforded a similar welcome in the US.

YouTube video by ABC News Trump administration faces criticism for prioritizing white South African refugees

Really excellent short interview on ABC about the SA Expropriation Act and claims of "white genocide" with Prof. Ruth Hall (@ruthhallplaas.bsky.social), acting director of South Africa's leading agrarian studies research unit, @plaasuwc.bsky.social.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6__b...

Yep, I’m going to “politicize” the FSU shooting because gun violence is political. The reason America has a 26 times higher gun homicide rate than any peer nation is because politicians care more about pandering to gun lobbyists than protecting their constituents.

Should you give handouts at traffic lights? A view from the street People helping do so out of goodwill and with the best intentions

Should you give handouts at traffic lights? Chantel Sampson lived on the streets of Cape Town for six years. This is her view

Read groundup.org.za/article/shou... by Chantel Sampson

Fundraiser for Gift of the Givers. www.givengain.com/project/mari...

Sharpeville: “These politicians just come and create a spectacle” Residents say Human Rights Day means little in their township

This year marks the 65th anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre when the apartheid regime’s police gunned down at least 69 people protesting against pass laws on 21 March 1960. But residents say Human Rights Day means little in their township

Read groundup.org.za/article/shar... by Ihsaan Haffejee

Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool’s speech that made him ‘no longer welcome’ in the US

Here is an edited transcript of the speech by Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool that resulted in US Secretary of State Marco Rubio declaring him unwelcome in the US.
groundup.org.za/article/amba...

Blowout — Story Ark

A new photo essay from #StoryArk. This one considers the role of wind in the advancing dust bowl conditions of the #Richtersveld #climatecrisis #storytelling @coveringclimatenow.org #journalism #desertification #storyarkdiaries #vanlife #catsofbluesky
www.storyark.co.za/blowout

The cover of Issue 192 of The Continent (1 March 2025) is an illustration by Wynona Mutisi. It shows Botswana's Three Dikgosi monument from the viewer's point of view. The monument is under water and showing the three chiefs from the knees up in dirty rain water. In the foreground are the words written in white: "Botswana prepared for drought. Then it flooded". #ClimateChange #Africa #Botswana #CycloneDikeledi #SouthernAfrica #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #TheContinent #AfricanJournalism

All Protocol Observed.

Welcome to Issue 192 of The Continent.

Botswana prepared for drought. Then it flooded. Climate chaos is the new normal.

Get your copy here: bit.ly/TheContinent...

Finding hope to resist the powers Learnings for today’s American church from yesterday’s South Africa, from Peter Storey

This is a hope-filled and timely interview with my former Bishop (and professor at Duke), Peter Storey.

He offers deep insights into Christian witness in the face of oppressive power.
🔗 bethfelkerjones.substack.com/p/finding-ho...

Video snippet courtesy of Belfast legend David Holmes on Instagram...

Glad to see these statement getting attention.

The cover of Issue 190 of The Continent is a depiction of Ethiopia's capital city Addis Ababa by illustrator Yemsrach Yetneberk. It's a city scene featuring the iconic Lion of Judah Statue as graffiti and other landmarks. In the foreground is a billboard reading "Now or never for the African Union". #AfricanUnion #AU #AddisAbaba #TheContinent

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Welcome to Issue 190 of The Continent

The world order is disintegrating. Whose interests will the African Union serve now?

Read it here: bit.ly/TC190

Statement from White South African Christian Leaders on Recent Actions by the United States Government Statement from White South African Christian Leaders on Recent Actions by the United States Government On 7 February, the President of the United States of America issued an executive order withdrawin...

Over the weekend, a group of friends and I came together, driven by the conviction that the recent allegations by the President of the USA require a strong and clear response from white Christians in South Africa.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

“Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.” -Gandhi

Get ready. The days ahead are going to demand good trouble, holy mischief, and civil disobedience.

Zapiro always draws it starkly.

South Africa Fires Back at Trump’s False Claim of Land Seizures President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa said that his country had not seized land. Ownership of land in the country has been a contentious issue for generations.

Even New York Times knows... "Still, those facts have done little to stop some on the far-right in South Africa from promoting the false narrative that white South Africans have been widely dispossessed of their land and have even been victims of genocide." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...

Also you might appreciate engaging with the community of infemit.org. A few of us in SA and many coming for a Micah Global gathering in Cape Town this year.

And keep following @jarrodmckenna.bsky.social - he is the genuine deal

Come connect with us @davidkleinhans.bsky.social :)

He grew up in apartheid South Africa where the "communists" were constantly used as the enemy. The "rooi gevaar" (red threat) was used to justify much violence.

The cover of Issue 188 of The Continent shows M23 and Rwandan army soldiers patrolling the DRC town of Goma on 30 January 2025. The photo was taken by Moses Sawasawa for The Continent.

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Welcome to Issue 188 of The Continent

Goma has fallen. Rwanda-backed rebels are aiming for more land and more resources. Hear from the people living in Goma.

Get your copy of this week's issue here: bit.ly/TC188

I've come to appreciate The Continent as one effective way to keep informed and engaged on African news.

Lottery bosses turned to State Security Agency to investigate leaks But things didn’t go the way they wanted

Lottery bosses turned to State Security Agency to investigate leaks – but things didn’t go the way they wanted

Read groundup.org.za/article/lott... by Raymond Joseph

Jesus, Rafael & the President The whisper trumps the whirlwind.

Probably the best thing I’ve read in response to the “absurdly scandalous, blasphemous indulgence that was the inauguration” open.substack.com/pub/thetunin...

Yes!