Can South Africa ever fully shake off the shackles of apartheid? Conrad Landin asks whether the country’s historic genocide case against Israel could lead to a reckoning at home.
In the bustling streets of Cape Town, dilapidated white minibuses are a common sight. For decades, these communal taxis have been a primary means of transport in Sou...
Since our first issue in 1973, South Africa has never been far from the pages of this magazine.
In our March 1995 edition, which had the same theme as this one, editor David Ransom used this very column to describe a chance encounter with a watch repairer in Johannesburg. Des ‘reckoned it would be another 10 years, perha...
A selection of feature articles from each of the latest New Internationalist magazines.
A new far-right Israeli government’s meddling with the supreme court has Jewish citizens up in arms. But the shredded freedoms of the Palestinian people under Israel’s thumb are still off the table. Zoe Holman looks at how the so-called ‘peace process’ has allowed Israel to deepen its colonial project and regime of control over Palestinian lives.
We don’t just need solutions – we need the courage to imagine they will succeed. Conrad Landin makes the case for collective action to secure a just future.
We depend on it for food, shelter and work, it’s a cultural marker and a source of identity – but also a site of violence and anguish. It’s time for a reckoning, writes Amy Hall.
We need thriving rivers in order for life on Earth to flourish. But often how we treat them shows little understanding of this basic principle. Dinyar Godrej ventures into the maelstrom.
When Stanislav Tomáš died in police custody in similar circumstances to George Floyd, the world quickly moved on. Conrad Landin goes to the Czech Republic in search of answers.
Under the cover of Covid-19, Turkey is hammering the Kurds. Again. Should the world care? Vanessa Baird offers several good reasons why it should.
A selection of articles from the New Internationalist magazine archives.
Palestinians in Gaza have been putting their lives on the line to challenge Israel’s decade long siege of the Strip.
A highway project threatens indigenous peoples' reserves in Bolivia. Aldo Orellana Lopez reports.
Highlights from the 2023 Toronto Festival by Richard Swift and Heather Macdonald.
Business Power and the State in the Central Andes; Lovebug; Alphabetical Diaries; Ghost Pains.
The run-up to Buenos Aires’ midsummer Christmas is when society can begin to buckle – and come together. Virginia Tognola captures the mixed mood of the season.
Nick Dowson speaks with an indigenous lawyer and campaigner fighting a gas pipeline in Mexico.
Polyp charts the 19th century textile worker rebellions in graphic form.