The word Abahambe (let them go) carries a heavy resonance in the South African lexicon. It is a phrase often born of frustration and political theatre, yet it serves as a modern echo of a centuries-old structural logic.  When we examine the current state of the international labour political economy, particularly across the African continent, it becomes clear that we are not witnessing a series of isolated xenophobic outbursts or modern policy failures. Instead, we are seeing the latest iteration…

I write this not just as a South African, but as an African. A child of a continent whose borders were carved by outsiders, whose people have always been more connected than divided. I write with anger, with sorrow and with a deep sense of betrayal. Many who walk the streets of South Africa today carrying foreign passports did not abandon their homes lightly. They were driven out – by poverty that suffocates hope, by political instability and tribalism that…

There has been a lot of controversy surrounding a prophetic statement made by Nigerian pastor Apostle Joshua Selman regarding the raising and training of new Indigenous Apostolic voices, particularly in South Africa. The apostle mentioned that God will handpick men, and many of those will be brought to Nigeria for training. This statement stirred up a significant amount of backlash from some members of the South African Christian community, with objections raised about the prophecy not aligning with their expectations…