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    What is in a word – ableism

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    What is in a word, ableism, that is what. Yes, I can imagine the able bodied are busy trying to “get back to normal”...

    Class, Patriarchy And Racism In the SRC Elections At Tuks

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    The elections at the University of Pretoria have come and left in the year 2018.I must say the burden that they carried sometimes lead...

    Love in a time of white privilege

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    It was a dark and dreary day when I realised I loved you. Your unruly brown hair occasionally brushing over your eyelashes. Your piercing...

    When Black People With Nice Things Get Scrutinised

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    COMMENT Being black and middle-class in South Africa means having a strange relationship with money. A relationship that tends to mean save money and...

    Believing Survivors Of Sexual Violence

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    When someone comes forward with an allegation of sexual assault, harassment, or rape, we as a society need to believe them from the outset....

    What I learnt about Father’s Day in South Africa

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    On June 19, South Africa celebrated Father's Day with the rest of the world. But WANELISA XABA says there are a few inconsistencies in...

    Bunny Chows And Guptas: The Heritage Of South African Indians

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    The bunny chow: a dish ingrained in the fabric of South African culture. So much so that its successor, the kota, has been credited...

    Joburg Zoo To Get Second Elephant In Spite Of Public Outcry

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    COMMENT The Joburg Zoo continues to make unilateral decisions regarding Lammie the elephant’s future while the DA led City council turns a blind eye. The...

    The “New Dawn” Might Work For The ANC, But Not For...

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    COMMENT At his inauguration as the President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa pleaded with Zimbabweans to rally behind his presidency and make sure that they campaign...

    #ChristChurch: To hate or not to hate?

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    COMMENT #ChristChurch. Fifty congregants murdered. Dozens wounded. The martyrs are Muslim worshippers and the murderer is an Australian born, white supremacist terrorist. The notion of...

    The potential for public  green spaces in combating emissions within coal...

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    Activists and organisations working in and around public green spaces have often remarked how public green spaces are often treated as an afterthought or...

    The power of humour in South Africa 

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    South Africans joke about everything. Happy, sad, serious, definitely not a joking matter - nothing is off limits. During the pandemic, the July Unrest...

    The Real Problem With Sexual Assault Scenes In 13 Reasons Why

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    Controversy has surrounded the popular American teen drama series 13 Reasons Why since the release of season one in March of 2017. At its...

    Calling myself “Coloured” gives me the ability to choose new meanings...

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    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...

    Open letter to Pravin Gordhan urges him to take responsibility in...

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    In an open letter to Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, head of department of anthropology at Wits, Dr Kelly Gillespie, expressed her disappointment that Gordhan...

    Someone needs to explain why there aren’t enough jobs for doctors

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    Becoming a doctor has many benefits. One of the most attractive to me, though, was the job security I envisioned. No further emphasis is...

    The Stigma Of Loving Someone Who Died Of AIDS

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    I make it a point to tell anyone I date that I once had a partner that died of AIDS. So many loved ones...

    Muslim women’s bodies are not spaces to fight people’s bigotry

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    Living in Johannesburg, I usually get to go to the beach once a year. When I swim in a public place I wear full-length...

    Students Are Not “Committing Suicide”, Universities Are Killing Us

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    COMMENT I first went into a psychiatric ward when I was eighteen. I struggled with serious depression and had attempted suicide. At that age I...

    Apartheid Denialism And Freedom Of Speech

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    Why is apartheid denialism in South Africa not a crime? More to the point, why is apartheid denialism not even mentioned in the bill...