When Black People With Nice Things Get Scrutinised
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Being black and middle-class in South Africa means having a strange relationship with money. A relationship that tends to mean save money and...
Equal Education and Doron Isaacs: Setting The Record Straight
As former employees of Equal Education (EE), who recently left our positions, we have been deeply troubled by the release of former High Court...
The potential for public green spaces in combating emissions within coal...
Activists and organisations working in and around public green spaces have often remarked how public green spaces are often treated as an afterthought or...
Why Abantu Book Fest Needs To Reconsider Its White People Stance
The Abantu Book Festival took place for the third year in a row this past weekend, and more people than ever attended. The festival...
Calling myself “Coloured” gives me the ability to choose new meanings...
Chris Beilings believes persisting with the term “Coloured” is an act of defiance in itself.
The past few months have seen a high volume of...
Giving White People Honest Feedback About Racism
Noted antiracism practitioner Dr Robin Di Angelo, who coined the term white fragility, talks about how in her workshops she asks people of colour...
Capitalism Realised, Not Idealised
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In an article written for Rapport titled “Our Problem? Too little rather than too much capitalism” Professor Johan Fourie, an economics professor at Stellenbosch...
Let’s be real – Kasi Mlungu is problematic AF
Wouldn't it be nice if I woke up tomorrow morning and decided from now on I am white? I would be "The black white"...
The DA’s “Law & Order” Policies Won’t Fix The Cape Flats
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Editor's note: on 11 July 2019, the minister of police Bheki Cele announced that President Cyril Ramaphosa had approved the deployment of the South...
Jumping Through Hoops For White People’s Change
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The Johannesburg northern suburbs seem to be turning into one big circus. Pantsula dancers, jugglers on unicycles and clowns – well, men dressed as...
Date My Family And Male Chauvinism On TV
Mzansi TV shows continue to tell a sad story of entrenched patriarchy. The reality show Date My Family's latest episode left social media aghast,...
We Are Here Because You Were There
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I really did not want my essay for a writing contest to be about colonialism in 2019. But what to do when we live...
Free Speech, A Pillar Of Decolonisation
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In 1988 something bizarre happened in the literary world. The novel, a genre in it’s recline into irrelevance, was given a rude awakening. A...
Woman As Citizen – (As Forgotten)
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In the wake of gender-based violence, a number of men in the Republic have taken to social media and other platforms; decrying the actions...
Is South African Hip Hop Finding Its Voice Again?
One of the memorable (or tragic) moments from arguably the most celebrated presidency in Africa, is that of a police commissioner raising his hands...
Jihad of the Girl Child
Since 2012, 11 October has been marked by the United Nations as the International Day of the Girl Child. The day aims to highlight...
Reinforcing privilege – The tale of social capital
Graduation ceremonies are meant to mark the start of a new chapter where degrees equal opportunities. But entrenched structures of privilege mean that graduates...
There Are No Longer Spaces For Us To Feel Safe
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Do not go out at night, do not walk outside by yourself at night, dress appropriately to avoid being assaulted, do not go to...
Bunny Chows And Guptas: The Heritage Of South African Indians
The bunny chow: a dish ingrained in the fabric of South African culture. So much so that its successor, the kota, has been credited...
Apartheid Denialism And Freedom Of Speech
Why is apartheid denialism in South Africa not a crime? More to the point, why is apartheid denialism not even mentioned in the bill...
