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...
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...
Our Mothers’ Warnings Will Never Be Enough
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Twenty-first birthdays in South Africa, while legally non-significant, often still carry much pomp and ceremony surrounding the idea of fully-fledged adulthood. Symbolic keys “to...
The Death Penalty Is Not The Solution To Violence Against Women
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The horrific death of 19-year old UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana, is for many South Africans the cruel combination of unsurprising and heart-breaking. It is...
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...
I Regret Looking Behind The Curtain
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I vividly remember slumping on the couch of my partner on a Friday evening after a long week of work and letting out the...
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....
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...
The Butchers Of Marikana Won
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What to make of the fact that the people who set the Marikana massacre in motion now sit in South Africa’s halls of power?...
Disconnect Between Business And State Contributed To Marikana Massacre
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The Marikana massacre, in which 34 striking mineworkers were shot dead by police on 16 August 2012, was a tragic and historic event in...
Writing About The Cape Flats When You’re Not From There
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The history of blackness in the South African context is most aptly described as tumultuous and divided. Apartheid fashioned a plethora of constructs among...
We Cannot Microwave Social Change
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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...
Who Is Really To Blame For SA’s Jobs Crisis?
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President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent admission that South Africa is facing punishing job losses is in direct contradiction with the promises he made...
“Under Capitalism, No Black Person Ever Dies By ‘Natural Causes’”
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Whether we are aware of it or not, we see Black people as living synonymous with labour, especially through a white gaze in this...
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...
Willingness Of Young People Makes All The Difference In Transforming Communities
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As members of the Sustained Dialogue team at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation one of the many activities we engage in is visiting...
Megan Rapinoe And The Liberators In France
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A record number of spectators watched the Fifa Women’s World Cup, an entertaining spectacle that will only grow the game. Despite this, the fight...
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...
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...
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...
