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The Defend Our Democracy officially launched as a civil society movement on Saturday, 27 May. Issues flagged by those present included local and global threats to democracy, a lack of active citizenry for transformation and accountability, and the problem of young people having no agency to res...

Songezo Zibi is convinced that given the right tools, South Africans will use the next general election to vote for a party with leaders who show a history of action and not just promises.

South Africa needs more young people to rise to the challenge of designing the future we want to live in. But equally it needs non-youth actors – parents, NGOs, policymakers, politicians and everyday citizens – to ask how they can support and promote youth leadership and activism.

It is time for national attention to be focused where it should be, a desperate population looking for hope

The Rivonia Circle was launched to fill an identifiable vacuum where people are generally demobilised from political activity and have significantly opted out of electoral politics, writes Lukhona Mnguni.

The soul of our nation is under threat and anyone who cares about creating a safe, just, free and more equal country must be willing to engage in a new war: a battle for the soul of SA.

Seth Andrew arrived in Marlboro with a promise to remake the southern Vermont town's college campus into a launching pad for a new form of...

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   MARLBORO — Seth Andrew, who is out on a $500,000 bond on charges of money laundering, is asking a federal judge for permission to move from Marlboro to Rhode Island. According to documents filed in the federal court of the Southern District of New York, Andrew’s attorneys have requested a modification of the bail conditions imposed by the court on April 27. Andrew is co-founder of Democracy Builders, which bought the campus of Marlb...

yellow hat “As alleged, Seth Andrew abused his position as a founder of a charter school network to steal from the very same schools he helped create,” Strauss said. “Andrew is not only alleged to have stolen the schools’ money but also to have used the stolen funds to obtain savings on a mortgage for a multimillion-dollar Manhattan apartment.” Timothy C. Doherty Jr., an attorney with Downs Rachlin Martin in Burlington, told The Commons that Andrew entered a plea of not guilty Tuesd...