The Azanian_ family grows. Welcome Senior Magistrate Tshepho Thedi, Botswana Court. LLM Multi-Disciplinary Human Rights. She speaks for the silenced. She writes for the children. She joins us to shake consciences and shift systems. We are The Azanian. We multiply. — Mpho Dube, President By Tshepho Thedi_ LLM Multi-Disciplinary Human Rights Senior Magistrate, Botswana Court I have sat on the bench. I have heard the testimonies. I have watched children who should be drawi

OPINION | By Mpho Dube, President of The Azanian | 27 April 2026 South Africa is a paradox with a pulse. We are a country that sleeps on gold but dreams in hunger. We are a nation that owns the mine but rents the shovel. We are rich in minerals and poor in memory. The question after 32 years of democracy is brutal in its simplicity: What is wrong with us? We have the platinum that makes Rolex tick, but we cannot make a watch. We have the iron that builds German cars, but our

The marriage between the ANC and SACP has been over for years, and what's left is just a facade, a Potemkin village of an alliance that's more about maintaining power than serving the people. By Mpho Dube, Editor-in-Chief, The Azanian Truth. Fearless. Unfiltered. The recent announcement by the South African Communist Party (SACP) to contest the local elections alone has sent shockwaves through the country's political landscape, exposing the crumbling foundations of a relation

ANCYL Provincial Secretary Phineas Sebola is newly elected ANC Limpopo PEC member who writes in his personal capacity. By Phineas Sebola In the Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, Karl Marx remarks that “Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing already, given and transmitted from the past. The tradition of all dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the

Unity Slate ... This ticket is expected to bring together various factions within the party and provide a sense of stability and continuity. However, unity comes at a cost. The conference's outcome will likely precipitate a cabinet reshuffle, with several MECs potentially losing their positions and perks. This is a necessary evil, as the party needs to refresh its leadership and bring in new blood. By Mpho Dube, Editor-in-Chief, The Azanian Truth. Fearless. Unfiltered. The Af

Paul O'Sullivan walkout from a parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee. By Mpho Dube, Editor-in-Chief, The Azanian Truth. Fearless. Unfiltered. The recent incident involving forensic investigator Paul O'Sullivan's walkout from a parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee hearing has exposed the ugly underbelly of South African politics. O'Sullivan, who voluntarily appeared before the committee to testify on allegations of corruption and criminal infiltration in the justice system, walked out citi