Denigrate The EFF At Your Own Peril: A Response To Prince...
Not so long-ago political analysts and mainstream commentators were already writing the eulogy of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) because of the election of...
UKZN: Poor Black Students Still Face Harsh Discrimination
"We revolt simply because, for many reasons, we can no longer breathe." - Frantz Fanon
Fanon tells us that we revolt simply because we...
Only A 1976 Situation Can Change The Lives Of SA Youth
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This year marks the 43rd anniversary of the June 1976 massacre, and it has become apparent that the livelihoods of young people in this...
Muslim women’s bodies are not spaces to fight people’s bigotry
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...
Systemic Prejudice In The UK, And Visa Refusals for African Academics
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Accusations of institutional racism continue to be directed towards the United Kingdom’s Home Office following a parliamentary inquiry concerning disproportionate denials of visit visas...
Why Iran Matters to Africa
What do the human rights of minorities in Iran, in the Middle East, have to do with Africans, writes MAZIAR BAHARI.
I started to answer...
I Regret Looking Behind The Curtain
COMMENT
I vividly remember slumping on the couch of my partner on a Friday evening after a long week of work and letting out the...
SONA Debate: Did The #FeesMustFall MPs Give Me Something To Look...
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A wave of novelty visited my senses as I watched the State of the Nation Address (SONA) debate on Tuesday afternoon. Nompendulo Mkhatshwa (former...
The BRICS 2018 Johannesburg Declaration: Small Wins For Civil Society
On 27 July 2018 leaders of the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) grouping released the outcomes of their intense summit negotiations, known as the Johannesburg Declaration....
Is ‘modest fashion’ really something we should be celebrating?
In the past couple of weeks, my social media feeds were dominated by chatter about and images of Halima Aden, a Muslim model who...
Victims of Sexual Violence in Sudan Deserve Justice
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Today, as we commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, we demand accountability for sexual crimes committed in Sudan,...
South Africa: Our Morally Unconscionable State the Needs Systemic Political Reform
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South Africa, unlike most countries that fail, has not fallen prey to any nefarious outside interference or simply succumbed to the incompetence of our...
#HoeIsLife is sexual freedom like you’ve never seen it before
Society hates when *womxn have power, especially over our sexuality and our bodies. Patriarchy determines the terms and conditions of sex for womxn. When...
Marxist Scholar Harold Wolpe’s Ideas Still Speak To South Africa’s Problems
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During the apartheid period in South Africa – 1948 to 1994 – a lively intellectual culture of opposition emerged on some of the country’s...
The poor will pay the price for Pravin’s sacking
We’ve seen this horror show before. On 9 December 2015, when Number One replaced the competent, principled and likeable Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene –...
Abahlali Basemjondolo’s Women Celebrate Women’s Month With A Show Of Solidarity
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On the 11th of August at least 500 women members of Abahlali baseMjondolo filled the Prince Edward Hotel in Durban to celebrate Women’s Day....
Comrade Trevor Noah, Imran Khan is not Donald Trump
Hey, Trevor. Thanks for thinking of Pakistan. When your book Born a Crime was published, we listened to the audiobook as a family. We...
Start Letting Us Talk: Walking In Protest Against Campus Rape Culture
"Show me rape-culture" - this is one of thousands of comments we have heard from students on campus. These comments are quite disheartening when...
Fear Of A Cape Town Trump
The rise of the populism globally has had no clearer manifestation than the election of Donald. J Trump as the 45th President of the...
Why collusion is bigger than just the banks
Competition is generally good for everyone in a market economy; collusion is not.
Companies compete with each other for our business. Those selling us crappy...
