Journos Under Surveillance Threat, R2K Report Reveals
On Wednesday, civil society Right 2 Know (R2K) launched a report titled SPOOKED: Surveillance of Journalists in SA. The report looks at the growing...
SAFA Says No Truth To Banyana Bonus Report
Banyana Banyana and the South African Football Association are reportedly in a dispute over the payment of bonuses to the women's team. However, SAFA...
On Tuning Out The Politics And Finding Enjoyment In The Problematic
ATTENTION: it's okay for you to enjoy the capitalist, imperialist, heteronormative, misogynistic, homophobic and racist spectacle that is the World Cup. Or The Royal...
Durbanites: A Public Sex Offenders List Is Overdue
The Daily News recently reported that there is an increasing public outcry for a complete sex offenders register to be established so that people...
Decolonial School ‘POC’ Supper Had No White People Despite Backlash
The Decolonial School hosted at the University of Cape Town (UCT) has received mass attention over the last week. This attention, however, had very...
In Defence Of Safe Spaces
Safe spaces are often mocked and misunderstood. Those who are excluded from certain safe spaces feel discriminated against or feel that it is a...
A POC Supper At UCT’s Decolonial School Is Causing White Tears
An objection to a People Of Colour (POC)-only space at the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Winter Decolonial School is shifting the attention from...
It’s 2018 And Football Is Still A Chauvinist’s Safe Space
There is a pervasive notion that football belongs to men. The sport has historically been dominated by male players, male commentators and male supporters....
CRL Calls For Teachers Who Forcibly Cut Pupils’ Hair To Be...
The Commission for the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) said on Thursday that schools that force children to cut their hair...
Shashi Naidoo On Her Way To Palestine After Meeting BDS SA
We still don't understand why human rights and Palestinian solidarity organisation Boycott Divestment Sanctions South Africa (BDS SA) held a presser for Shashi Naidoo....
World Cup Brings Recognition of San And Khoi Languages To The...
Football is bringing awareness to the existence and plight of Khoi and San communities in South Africa. At the beginning of the month, SABC...
Anti-migrant Sentiment Fuelling Durban Evictions, Abahlali Claim
Abahlali baseMjondolo on Monday returned to the Durban High Court to apply for another court interdict against eThekwini Municipality. This was following the city's...
National Shutdown Planned Against Gender-Based Violence
An organisation of feminist and gender activists is calling for a Total Shutdown and Intersectional Women's March Against Gender-based Violence on August 1. It...
A Luta Continua: Youth Day Is Futile For Young South Africans
The class of 1976 have inspired many uprisings and protests from what many people have termed "born frees". These youngsters have challenged our democracy...
The Stigmas Of Sex Work “To Be Blessed And Slaying”
Over the last three years a new tagline of a type of sex work has populated much of social media under the name of...
Mpho Phalatse Apologises For ‘Friends Of Israel’ Comment
UPDATE: Suspended member of the mayoral committee (MMC) for health and social development Dr Mpho Phalatse apologised for controversial comments she made earlier this...
NWU Muslim Students Will Write Exams On Eid
Not all South African Muslims will be celebrating the culmination of the fasting month Ramadan on Friday with the religious holiday of Eid al...
Nozizwe Cynthia Jele On Fixing South Africa’s Weak Reading Culture
"The writing happened much later in life but the reading has always been part of who I am," South African writer Nozizwe Cynthia Jele...
Asylum Seekers At The Durban Refugee Reception Centre Tell Of Their...
Almost everyday, Moore Road is packed with hundreds of refugees of different nationalities who desperately stand in long queues and some sit on pavements...
A Guide To The 2018 Zimbabwe Elections
On 30 July 2018, Zimbabwe will be holding general elections to elect a new president as well as the parliament. This will be the...
