Who Killed Steve Biko? The Inquest Returns Almost 50 Years On

Nearly five decades after Steve Bantu Biko died in police custody, the question that has haunted South Africa for generations is back before the courts. The reopened inquest into his death got underway at the Gqeberha High Court in August 2026, after years of delay over funding and legal representation for the surviving persons of […]

Will Xenophobia reshape South Africa’s Trade Relations?

By Shouneez Khan, HSRC Press: 30 July 2026 New African Thinkers: Trade and Sustainability under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement When mobs set a deadline for foreigners to leave, Africa’s biggest trade experiment started to look fragile. The resurgence of xenophobic violence in South Africa from April to June 2026 had significant ramifications for […]