Craig Stewart
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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
Read groundup.org.za/article/thou... by Joseph Bracken
Thousands celebrate Abahlali baseMjondolo’s 20th anniversary in Durban
Shack dwellers’ movement was founded in 2005
groundup.org.za
October 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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
Read groundup.org.za/article/thou... by Joseph Bracken
This was an inspiring afternoon
For two hours on Youth Day, Sydney Street in Mowbray was filled with children. They played soccer and learned to skate and drum and practise the martial art of capoeira.
Read groundup.org.za/article/open... by Ashraf Hendricks
Read groundup.org.za/article/open... by Ashraf Hendricks
Youngsters own the street for Youth Day
Sydney Street in Mowbray was cordoned off for children to play
groundup.org.za
June 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This was an inspiring afternoon
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June 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Purely evil...
Setting up "aid distribution points" and then massacring people who come to obtain food is sincerely one of the most evil things I have ever seen.
June 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Purely evil...
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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 ...
NUTRITION DISTRESS: Hunger crisis — rights group calls for state action as 23% of South Africans struggle to access food
www.dailymaverick.co.za
June 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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 ...
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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.
Refugees from places like Sudan and Gaza are not being afforded a similar welcome in the US.
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.
continent.substack.com
May 18, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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.
Refugees from places like Sudan and Gaza are not being afforded a similar welcome in the US.
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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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6__b...
Trump administration faces criticism for prioritizing white South African refugees
YouTube video by ABC News
www.youtube.com
May 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6__b...
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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.
April 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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.
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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
Read groundup.org.za/article/shou... by Chantel Sampson
Should you give handouts at traffic lights? A view from the street
People helping do so out of goodwill and with the best intentions
groundup.org.za
April 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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
Read groundup.org.za/article/shou... by Chantel Sampson
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Fundraiser for Gift of the Givers. www.givengain.com/project/mari...
April 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Fundraiser for Gift of the Givers. www.givengain.com/project/mari...
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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
Read groundup.org.za/article/shar... by Ihsaan Haffejee
Sharpeville: “These politicians just come and create a spectacle”
Residents say Human Rights Day means little in their township
groundup.org.za
March 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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
Read groundup.org.za/article/shar... by Ihsaan Haffejee
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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...
groundup.org.za/article/amba...
Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool’s speech that made him ‘no longer welcome’ in the US
groundup.org.za
March 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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...
groundup.org.za/article/amba...
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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
www.storyark.co.za/blowout
Blowout — Story Ark
www.storyark.co.za
March 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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
www.storyark.co.za/blowout
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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...
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...
February 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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...
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...
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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...
He offers deep insights into Christian witness in the face of oppressive power.
🔗 bethfelkerjones.substack.com/p/finding-ho...
Finding hope to resist the powers
Learnings for today’s American church from yesterday’s South Africa, from Peter Storey
bethfelkerjones.substack.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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...
He offers deep insights into Christian witness in the face of oppressive power.
🔗 bethfelkerjones.substack.com/p/finding-ho...
Reposted by Craig Stewart
Video snippet courtesy of Belfast legend David Holmes on Instagram...
February 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Video snippet courtesy of Belfast legend David Holmes on Instagram...
Glad to see these statement getting attention.
Almost 400 white South African pastors, theologians, and Christian educators have signed a statement declaring President Donald Trump’s recent actions cutting off aid to the nation will bring "devastation for our communities" and that his explanation was untrue.
South African Christians Condemn Trump ‘Weaponizing’ Racial Politics
Nearly 400 white pastors, theologians, and church leaders say Trump is being dishonest and amplifying division in his executive orders related to their country.
buff.ly
February 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Glad to see these statement getting attention.
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All Protocol Observed
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
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
February 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
All Protocol Observed
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
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
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...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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...
docs.google.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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“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.
Get ready. The days ahead are going to demand good trouble, holy mischief, and civil disobedience.
February 7, 2025 at 1:21 AM
“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.
Get ready. The days ahead are going to demand good trouble, holy mischief, and civil disobedience.
Reposted by Craig Stewart
Zapiro always draws it starkly.
February 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Zapiro always draws it starkly.
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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...
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.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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...
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All Protocol Observed
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
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
January 31, 2025 at 7:58 PM
All Protocol Observed
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
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
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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
Read groundup.org.za/article/lott... by Raymond Joseph
Lottery bosses turned to State Security Agency to investigate leaks
But things didn’t go the way they wanted
groundup.org.za
January 29, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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
Read groundup.org.za/article/lott... by Raymond Joseph