#Rhodes student: “We can’t compromise with this fee increase”
It's the second day of the #RhodesMIPMustFall protest and it's currently 31 degrees in Grahamstown. Protesters sit in the shade of the barricade they...
Here’s a book written in defiance of the fairytales we tell...
As an act of restoring power and agency to young black girls in South Africa, BUHLE NGABA wrote a story about a voiceless girl...
Nakhane Touré on how books and writing saved his life
Born Nakhane Mavuso and later changed to Mahlakahlaka, the author and singer took on the Touré signature as a way of dedication to his...
“Women should know that they are never alone”
Philani Sangweni (23) decided he wanted to make a difference in his community and work to end gender violence, so he joined Brothers for...
Xenophobia: “This is a cruel country”
Thousands of African immigrants, who fled the communities they had lived in following xenophobic attacks in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Johannesburg, were repatriated last...
This South African activist says he was deported from Israel because...
ITANI RASALANAVHO was deported by Israel recently as he tried to make his way into Palestine and the Occupied Territories for voluntary work. This...
“I feel like my heart is there in Nepal”
Delhi-based photojournalist SHOWKAT SHAFI recently covered the devastation wrought by the earthquake in Nepal. In a Google hangout with our managing editor Faranaaz Parker,...
“The festival will leave us with rich knowledge about literature” –...
When it was announced that this year’s Time of the Writer will be held in the townships of Durban, the list wouldn’t have been...
“The cruelty of police is not new to me. Today, I...
On Thursday afternoon, 40 students from the UCT Rhodes Must Fall movement protested against afrophobia outside Parliament. The students did not have a permit to...
The bright future of a university student living in a garage...
MARILEE VAN DER MERWE thought that 2015 would be the year she would have to give up her education to find work. But things...
“I never thought I was a foreigner until this injury happened...
ABDI KADER SHUKRI arrived in South Africa in 2003, seeking peace from a war-ravaged Somalia. At 32 years old, Shukri is now confined to...
We buried my son only after we found enough of his...
In July 1995, Bosnian Serbs entered the town of Srebrenica. They rounded up the men and teenage boys from the town, and shot them...
Thando Mgqolozana: “UCT has bigger problems than the Rhodes statueâ€
It may have started with poo on a statue, but student Chumani Maxwele’s protest has given rise to a much broader debate about transformation...
“I’ve watched others pull dead bodies out of the water and...
As the new locally produced Durban Beach Rescue show hits the screens on a DStv Travel Channel, Battery Beach’s 33-year-old SUE-ELLEN Martin takes Lizeka...
In Their Own Words: Itumeleng Letsoalo shares her story
Gender-based violence (GBV) is a serious matter. South Africa has one of the highest rates of violence against women and gender nonconforming people in...
Niq Mhlongo on the difficulties of getting black stories published
NIQ MHLONGO is at Time of the Writer 2016 launching his new collection of short stories "Affluenza". He has previously published three novels and...
Helping abused women find their way to healthy relationships
In the once gang-riddled community of Heideveld on the Cape Flats, Ihata Shelter is helping women who’ve suffered domestic abuse piece their lives back...
Pensioner Johannes Mamogale is an active small-scale farmer supporting his family
Johannes Mamogale (80) started his vegetable garden after he was retrenched 20 years ago. In the beginning, farming was all about putting food on...
Ayanda: Creating relatable female characters
Sara Blecher watched Juno with her teenage daughter and decided it was time to make local a coming-of-age film with a strong female lead....
“If you are determined to do something, you can make it...
He can be found almost every afternoon on Davenport road, trying to convince commuters to purchase his metal art pieces. Like many other people,...
