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Social JusticeDecember 31, 2021
Remembering the Real Desmond Tutu, 1931–2021
Celebrated in death by his former foes, Archbishop Tutu had the gift not just of courage and righteousness but also of timing.
Mark Gevisser
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LGBTQ ActivismMarch 23, 2015
Engendered
The trans community is coming out—and bringing with it a deeper understanding of what it means to be human.
Mark Gevisser
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Cultural Criticism and AnalysisApril 2, 2014
My Johannesburg
The city and its landscape would not exist were it not for many violations against nature.
Mark Gevisser
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LaborSeptember 19, 2012
South Africa’s ‘Marikana Moment’
The massacre of striking miners marked a tipping point, with the African National Congress moving closer to becoming just another party in power, rather than a liberation movement.
Mark Gevisser
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Foreign PolicyJanuary 15, 2009
Echoes of South African Redemption
If the last great redemptive moment in global politics was Nelson Mandela’s liberation and ascent to power, Barack Obama’s presidency will be the next.
Mark Gevisser
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Regions and CountriesApril 24, 2008
Zimbabwe Reeling
Peace among warring factions will come only when each side accepts that it can’t win. And none of the players–least of all Robert Mugabe–has come to this realization.
Mark Gevisser
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Health and DiseaseDecember 2, 2005
AIDS Movement Seizes Control
Despite its controversy, World AIDS Day has demonstrated how vast and global the AIDS movement has gone. While the extent of AIDS advocacy was not as far-reaching then, in 1987 a burgeoning movement of health care practitioners and gay activists battled the FDA’s questionable policies on AIDS drugs experimentation, which included excluding women and i.v. users from drug trials.
Mark Gevisser
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Regions and CountriesMarch 21, 2002
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Foreign PolicySeptember 27, 2001
Dispatches
The events of September 11, viewed from abroad.
Praful Bidwai, Maria Margaronis, Graham Usher, Mark Gevisser, Ahmed Rashid and Ana Uzelac
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GlobalizationAugust 30, 2001
The Cosatu Strike
Nothing in modern times has symbolized the scourge of racism–and the potential for overcoming it–more than South Africa’s recent history.
Mark Gevisser