Selling activism – 2017’s hottest commodity
It's no secret that marketing has always been a type of psychology, manipulating consumers into buying into the ideals around certain products along with...
A love letter to Black matriculants
I'm not sure what I want to say to you and how I want to say it. All I know is, at this very...
The “New Dawn” Might Work For The ANC, But Not For...
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...
Believing Survivors Of Sexual Violence
When someone comes forward with an allegation of sexual assault, harassment, or rape, we as a society need to believe them from the outset....
As A Person With A Disability, Send Me, Mr President.
After I received a notification that President Cyril Ramaphosa would be giving an address about disability rights I logged on to watch with interest,...
The Role Of Families In Preventing Violence In Schools
On the 17th of September 2018, the minister of basic education, Angie Motshekga, called on law enforcement agencies to help quell the recent spate...
The Stigma Of Loving Someone Who Died Of AIDS
I make it a point to tell anyone I date that I once had a partner that died of AIDS. So many loved ones...
Willingness Of Young People Makes All The Difference In Transforming Communities
COMMENT
As members of the Sustained Dialogue team at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation one of the many activities we engage in is visiting...
Decolonised Education Means Giving Poor Students Fair Use Of Textbooks
We need to update our copyright laws to allow poor students fair use rights of textbooks, which remain prohibitively expensive for most, writes THABISO...
Why is violence on Black women’s bodies so normalised on our...
I have been listening and reading some of the things being said about‪ #‎RememberKhwezi‬.
I think I have come out with more questions than answers.
1....
The Real Problem With Sexual Assault Scenes In 13 Reasons Why
Controversy has surrounded the popular American teen drama series 13 Reasons Why since the release of season one in March of 2017. At its...
SADC EPA Implementation: Understanding the Role of Business and Civil Society
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) was signed in June 2016 and has been provisionally implemented since October 2016. Various...
We Cannot Microwave Social Change
COMMENT
The quest to build a non-sexist, inclusive and interconnected South Africa is a painstakingly difficult process that will require us to engage in extremely...
A Luta Continua: Youth Day Is Futile For Young South Africans
The class of 1976 have inspired many uprisings and protests from what many people have termed "born frees". These youngsters have challenged our democracy...
Love in a time of white privilege
It was a dark and dreary day when I realised I loved you. Your unruly brown hair occasionally brushing over your eyelashes. Your piercing...
Xolobeni: Gwede Mantashe Is A Class Traitor
COMMENT
On Thursday, the North Gauteng High Court ruled that mining companies and the government must obtain full and informed consent from communities before granting...
ASEAN Should Show True Leadership On Rohingya This General Assembly
COMMENT
Two years on, Asia is no closer to ending its worst refugee crisis in decades. Over 900,000 Rohingya are in Bangladesh alone, including 759,000...
Government Must Force Universities To Transform
It's been 22 years since the passing of Higher Education Act, Act 101 of 1997 and Education White Paper 3: A Programme for the...
Socio-Political Unrest In Anglophone Region of Cameroon
The colonisation of the Southern Cameroons, or the Federal Republic of Ambazonia, by La Republique du Cameroun, has been long and violent. PATRICK AGEJO...
The decolonisation manifesto: Part 2 – Colonisation and the colonial subject
In the second part of a three-part series on decolonisation, Wanelisa Xaba says that in defiance of colonialism and white imagination, we must resist...
