Pope Leo is not the only member of his family currently battling cancer. Following his lung cancer diagnosis, his ...

International human rights judge Navi Pillay was awarded the 2026 Nobel peace prize. She was honoured for her lifelong ...

Mr Kila has not kept quiet. He has reportedly insisted that he is a professor, that he stands by his title, and that “the ...

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. To understand more about Pillay and her work, we spoke with Sam Naidu, a ...

A Life of Courage and Compassion, the first authorised biography of guerrilla commander, revolutionary and South African ...

In the fourth instalment of a five-part series adapted from his biography of Oyo Rukidi IV entitled The World’s Youngest King, Prof Patrick Businge, a greatness researcher, digs into ...

From Durban-born Navi Pillay’s recognition for her human rights advocacy to Nelson Mandela, FW de Klerk and Desmond Tutu’s ...

Winnie Irmgard Odinga, the youngest daughter of the late former Prime Minister Raila Amollo Odinga and Ida Odinga, is a ...

See how Tim Modise shaped SA’s democracy, from the Mandela–de Klerk debate to national dialogue, as NWU awards him an ...

The Nobel Peace Prize has put a name to the crime that Western governments have spent three years avoiding: Israel’s genocide ...