At the ANC's glittering Gala Dinner in Cape Town last Friday President Zuma said that Jan van Riebeeck's arrival in the Cape was the beginning of all South Africa's problems. "A man with the name of ...

While this date symbolizes the formalization of land dispossession under the Union of South Africa, it is an arbitrary and deeply flawed marker. The historical reality of dispossession began centuries ...

Analysis - American president Donald Trump has issued an executive order to withdraw aid from South Africa. He was reacting ...

What is its history? We can trace this idea back to the start of the colonial project. In 1660 Dutch East India Company administrator Jan van Riebeeck planted a hedge of bitter almond shrubs to ...

Describing the Expropriation Act as a “confiscating act to seize disfavoured citizens’ property without compensation,” Trump ...

Trump’s decision cannot escape scrutiny. South Africa’s colonial history is like a journey littered with thorns. The arrival of Jan van Riebeeck and his Dutch contingent in the Cape of Good ...