Ismail Mahomed, Advocate, first Black judge of the Supreme Court of South Africa. South African History Online. Some rights reserved Eight months after a post-Apartheid, multi-racial government elected through universal suffrage, led by Nelson Mandela, took office in May 1994, the Constitutional Court of South Africa was formally inaugurated on 14 February 1995. The very…

NOTE FROM THE EDITORS: THIS GOAL HAS BEEN MET!  BUT YOU CAN GIVE TO ANOTHER WORTHY CAUSE HERE. From December 14 through December 25, GOOD Sports will feature the worthiest school athletic programs in need of funding. Franklinton High School in eastern Louisiana has a girls track team, but no track. In lieu of a quarter-mile asphalt oval, the team…

United in grief: a survivor of the attack (centre) rejoins her family at the Nyayo national stadium in Nairobi. Demotix / Reporter#34145. All rights reserved. If anyone doubted it before, the abominable attack on Kenya’s Garissa University College on 2 April confirms the depth of Kenya’s security crisis. At least 147 students, faculty members and…

While France’s obesity rate (15.3%) may be lower than the European average (15.9%) and less than half of what it is in the United States (36.5%), they’re continuing to aggressively fight what the government sees as an escalating epidemic in the country.  On Friday, the government issued a ban on free refills of sodas or…

Grand national assembly of Turkey main chamber. Wikicommons/VOA. some rights reserved.In politics, a Hot Potato is a topic so contentious that it causes damage to a candidate whether he shows himself to be for it or not. For a campaign to be successful, so argue strategists, such issues are best to be avoided altogether, or,…

Click:electric trike for adults Click:Sandbox: Powder Alchemy MOD APK With the nomination of Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, President-elect Donald Trump’s gilded cabinet has gotten even wealthier. The oil executive—whose cozy relationship with the Kremlin has worried some—will fit right in alongside Trump’s other plutocrats, World Wrestling Entertainment co-founder Linda McMahon, philanthropist Betsy DeVos, and Tod Ricketts,…

The military campaign against Islamic State in Iraq continues. Amid competing claims made by the various parties to the conflict (Iraq, Iran, the United States and its coalition partners) it is difficult to assess the current status of IS in the country. US defence sources have been notably cautious. It is certainly the case that…

After months of tireless efforts, the protestors at the Standing Rock reservation are claiming victory. On Sunday, Jo-Ellen Darcy, the Army’s assistant secretary for civil works, announced the Army will not approve an easement that would allow the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline to cross under Lake Oahe in North Dakota, CNN reports.  Her statement read in…

Steps to the Ziggurat of Ur. Everett Historical/Shutterstock. All rights reserved. A conference held in April by the Association of Iraqi Academics, Iraqi Association, Iraqi Women League, and the British Institute for the Study of Iraq discussed challenges and solutions involved in the task of rescuing Iraq's endangered cultural and archaeological sites. As cultural property…

It’s been a tumultuous time as we near the end of the year. With people around the country feeling uncertain and divided, we here at GOOD feel it’s time to come together for something good. Introducing GOODFest, a first-of-its-kind livestream festival for good. These days, it might seem a bit overwhelming when trying to find…