The Stigmas Of Sex Work “To Be Blessed And Slaying”
Over the last three years a new tagline of a type of sex work has populated much of social media under the name of...
I don’t have exes
A personal essay by Thembelihle Ngcai
I’m the only disabled person in my family. I was one of the very few visibly disabled people...
The Place Of Sara Baartman At UCT
The label “Hottentot Venus†continues to haunt our memory of Sara Baartman. This moniker, used in Jean Reaux’s posters to advertise the exhibit of...
Stop Letting Capitalism Convince You To Overwork
Recently Buzzfeed News published an article about "Millennial Burnout" - the condition seeming to affect people born between the years 1980 and 2000. It...
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?...
The Fight Against Gun Violence In Atlantis, My Community
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When I think of the word “home” I think of safety, but I come from Atlantis, on the outskirts of Cape Town. The place...
Why Apartheid Must Never Be Forgiven
Many of us have not healed from the wounds the legacy of colonialism and apartheid left us, and we're not going to forgive anyone...
The ANC Government Needs To Audit These Colonial White Schools
This useless government needs to intervene in these White private and public schools with urgency. Black children are dying physically, spiritually and psychologically.
Most times...
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...
Hey Cyril, the family’s got some questions for you …
These days, the only interesting thing about the country’s occasional family meetings is working out whether our aunties on Whatsapp have got the time...
Equal Education and Doron Isaacs: Setting The Record Straight
As former employees of Equal Education (EE), who recently left our positions, we have been deeply troubled by the release of former High Court...
On Superfoods As Culinary Colonialism
A Capetonian woman has accused Woolworths of plagiarising her idea for superfood drinks and selling its own version at the Woolworths cafes. This discussion...
The potential for public green spaces in combating emissions within coal...
Activists and organisations working in and around public green spaces have often remarked how public green spaces are often treated as an afterthought or...
Why Abantu Book Fest Needs To Reconsider Its White People Stance
The Abantu Book Festival took place for the third year in a row this past weekend, and more people than ever attended. The festival...
Can We All Agree That 2017 Was The Year J.K. Rowling...
Harry Potter has been one of my favourite books for as long as I can remember. It introduced me to the world of magic...
Calling myself “Coloured” gives me the ability to choose new meanings...
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...
Giving White People Honest Feedback About Racism
Noted antiracism practitioner Dr Robin Di Angelo, who coined the term white fragility, talks about how in her workshops she asks people of colour...
Capitalism Realised, Not Idealised
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In an article written for Rapport titled “Our Problem? Too little rather than too much capitalism” Professor Johan Fourie, an economics professor at Stellenbosch...
I wanted to be more white
: On 5 November 2017, the Weekend Argus published a column by Kfm presenter Sherlin Barends, in which she commented on the athlete Wayde...
Let’s be real – Kasi Mlungu is problematic AF
Wouldn't it be nice if I woke up tomorrow morning and decided from now on I am white? I would be "The black white"...
