Kumi Naidoo on the five biggest challenges facing Africa today
At International Civil Society Week in Bogota, Colombia, various organisations and individuals have come together to discuss some of the biggest challenges to people's...
So Starbucks in SA is a sip of the first world?...
Ahead of the Thursday opening of Starbucks in South Africa, Wayne Parnell attended the by-invitation-only launch of the international coffee chain in Rosebank. The...
JNU protests, liberals and the poor quality of moral life in...
In recent weeks, a number of prominent Indian left-leaning, progressive thinkers and academics have spoken out in favour of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)...
Corporal punishment in the home: “If we don’t hit our children...
It has been exactly 20 years since corporal punishment was abolished in schools, but the South African Human Rights Commission has proposed that a...
Herman Mashaba is a poverty shamer and cannot lead us
If I were to kill myself to obliterate everything that Herman Mashaba stands for, I would have to request for more bodies to partake...
A very serious, not-a-joke letter to Eskom
Dear Eskom,
I understand that we are a nation with a power crisis right now and that it is somewhat beyond your current control -...
When racism, Islamophobia and #BringBackOurGirls collide
What happens when racism, Islamophobia, and #BringBackOurGirls collide in a single advertisement for charity? More to the point, how does that even happen? RA'EESA PATHER explains.
I...
