Where did we go wrong? A wake-up call to Christians in South Africa
In her sermon, ‘Where did we go wrong? A wake-up call to Christians in South Africa,’ Rev Janet Trisk challenges in the strongest of terms the idolatry of greed that […]
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In the News: Pandemonium at the State of the Nation Address in South Africa … What Is Yet to Come?
The events at the ‘State of the Nation’ indeed shocked the South African nation. The 9th of February 2017 represents an early Valentine’s Day ‘gone wrong’ in […]
Valuable Lessons of 2016
by Imam Dr. A. Rashied Omar
As we ready ourselves for the coming year, we typically reflect on the events of the past year. What are the lessons we need to learn, […]
A Zulu Sun in the Heart of America: John Langalibalele Dube
Today we present an article by Professor Cherif Keita who demonstrates the intersections between religion and politics in Africa by discussing John Langalibalele Dube as a path breaking figure. This […]
Engaging the Jihad Against Poverty: From Charity to Solidarity
We recently posted the first of a series of presentations from our 2nd Annual CIHA Blog Conference on religion, governance, and humanitarianism in Africa. Today’s post is by […]
Empty words and dangerous rhetoric
In this thought-provoking piece first published on the site From the Thornveld, University of KwaZulu-Natal scholar Christopher Merrett discusses the history and future of South Africa while warning of the […]
Religion as a site of struggle in Africa: lessons from the Bible as a site of struggle in South Africa
Last month, we held the 2nd Annual CIHA Blog Conference in South Africa on religion, governance, and humanitarianism in Africa. Today, we present the first article in a series of papers […]
Beyond Justice? South Africa and Gambia join Burundi in Threatening to Quit the International Criminal Court (ICC)
by Albert Bangirana
Both debates in African Parliaments and news headlines frequently focus on the state of the ICC, questioning its legitimacy as an international “watch-dog”. They argue that the ICC […]
