New series questions what it means to be a coloured person...
A hot new web series exploring coloured identity, Coloured Mentality, went live in January - and we're already obsessed. It garnered tens of thousands...
G@tvol Capetonian: What Of The Forgotten Ones? Pt. 1
Insouciance is a characteristic that's been lodged against coloured people of the Cape for years. In April 2018, however, G@tvol Capetonian arrived to put...
Celeste Khumalo talks acting, studying, girl power – and yellowbones
Celeste Khumalo was the last Miss SA Teen when the pageant ended in 2011. The 24-year-old model, actress, and businesswoman stars as Linda in...
White Liberals Can’t Escape Scrutiny
The attention and political discourse that is emerging as a result of the recent racist outbursts like that of Adam Catzavelos, Vicki Momberg, Penny...
Rachel Dolezal isn’t transracial, she’s in blackface
When the Quest for a Non Racial South African Society Dialogue (QfNRSASD) poster was widely shared at the beginning of April, it wasn't because...
Coloured Man Running In The Suburbs
Racial profiling is still a common experience for people of colour living in predominantly white suburban neighbourhoods in South Africa. ANGELO C LOUW writes...
Forgotten widows of Vrindavan celebrate Holi
The Hindu celebration of Holi, the festival of colour, has in recent years moved beyond India’s borders, with young people around the world partaking...
The dangers of aspiring to be the light-skinned woman on the...
The recent advertisement from Unilever’s Dove range of cosmetics once again stirred humans’ fascination - not only with the colour of our skins but...
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...
How to survive the holidays with your white partner’s family
Choosing to love someone who is white can be difficult. You have to deal with the comments you get from other people of colour...
How To Feel When A Coloniser State Wins The World Cup
"Why are you supporting France in the FIFA World Cup? Because of Kylian Mbappé? But France committed/commits atrocities in Africa" If you exist in...
