Don’t put my heritage over the coals
On the 24th of September, South Africans celebrate Heritage Day, when people across all racial and cultural groups are encouraged to celebrate their cultural...
Why Women’s Month in South Africa is a waste of time
Here's a joke: Women’s Month.
In South Africa, August is dedicated to the thousands of women who marched to the Union Buildings on August 9...
Only A 1976 Situation Can Change The Lives Of SA Youth
COMMENT
This year marks the 43rd anniversary of the June 1976 massacre, and it has become apparent that the livelihoods of young people in this...
For Jacob Zuma to go, Cyril Ramaphosa must win
Political analyst Ebrahim Fakir believes that, for President Jacob Zuma to go before the end of his term as head of state in 2019,...
A love letter to Faki Moshoeu
Wanelisa Xaba imagines what life in a deeply divided South Africa would have been like for 16-year-old Matlhomola "Faki: Moshoeu, had he not lost...
Zackie Achmat Doesn’t Get Reverse Onus
On The Eusebius McKaiser Show on Wednesday, we finally got to hear the voice behind the man accused of protecting accused sexual predator and...
Local Psychology College’s Curriculum Perpetuates Transphobia
Most of us are aware of the fact that homosexuality was thought of as immoral and even categorised as a mental illness until some...
Joey Rasdien: blasphemy, bigotry and the other b-word
In light of the furore around Joey Rasdien's controversial comments about Islam, and the reactions to them, Angelo C Louw reflects on the racism...
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...
What I learnt about Father’s Day in South Africa
On June 19, South Africa celebrated Father's Day with the rest of the world. But WANELISA XABA says there are a few inconsistencies in...
Robert Mugabe and Ratko Mladić: white commentary takes up too much...
Following the fall of Robert Mugabe and Ratko Mladić, Kelly-Jo Bluen questions why outsiders feel so assured in their detached analysis on celebration or...
How Art Is A Tool For Social Justice
When we consider ways to initiate social change we frequently favour legislative changes and enactments. We think of political activism and agitation as mechanisms...
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...
The President’s Keepers: State capture, white vindication
The Johannesburg launch of Jacques Pauw's controversial book, "The President's Keepers", was a noteworthy event. For some, the launch represented a rallying point against...
The deterioration of the South African dream as told by a...
Riot police stand barricading the angry crowd. The sting of gas in the air. Censorship. Fists flying and the bitter anger of a betrayed...
Dear deputy president, we are not shields in your political battles
In a letter to deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa, Gaopalelwe Phalaetsile reflects on the ways in which *womxn end up as collateral damage when men...
Joburg Zoo To Get Second Elephant In Spite Of Public Outcry
COMMENT
The Joburg Zoo continues to make unilateral decisions regarding Lammie the elephant’s future while the DA led City council turns a blind eye. The...
Reinforcing privilege – The tale of social capital
Graduation ceremonies are meant to mark the start of a new chapter where degrees equal opportunities. But entrenched structures of privilege mean that graduates...
Corona on the other side of wealth
Umuntu Ngumuntu Ngabantu or “I am because you are” is how we describe the meaning of Ubuntu. It speaks to the phenomena that we...
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...
