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...
We need to talk about the violence of anti-Blackness in the...
The bigoted responses to local comedian Joey Rasdien's controversial comment at the Ilm Arts Festival are a stark reminder of the racism and prejudice within...
Jumping Through Hoops For White People’s Change
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The Johannesburg northern suburbs seem to be turning into one big circus. Pantsula dancers, jugglers on unicycles and clowns – well, men dressed as...
Date My Family And Male Chauvinism On TV
Mzansi TV shows continue to tell a sad story of entrenched patriarchy. The reality show Date My Family's latest episode left social media aghast,...
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...
Is South African Hip Hop Finding Its Voice Again?
One of the memorable (or tragic) moments from arguably the most celebrated presidency in Africa, is that of a police commissioner raising his hands...
Free Speech, A Pillar Of Decolonisation
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In 1988 something bizarre happened in the literary world. The novel, a genre in it’s recline into irrelevance, was given a rude awakening. A...
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...
Jihad of the Girl Child
Since 2012, 11 October has been marked by the United Nations as the International Day of the Girl Child. The day aims to highlight...
What does the Kiribilly judgment tell us about unlawful evictions and...
Evictions are commonplace in South Africa, due in part to extreme economic inequality and historic land dispossession. The Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa's...
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...
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...
Bunny Chows And Guptas: The Heritage Of South African Indians
The bunny chow: a dish ingrained in the fabric of South African culture. So much so that its successor, the kota, has been credited...
Apartheid Denialism And Freedom Of Speech
Why is apartheid denialism in South Africa not a crime? More to the point, why is apartheid denialism not even mentioned in the bill...
‘It is wrong when people only give charity on Mandela Day’
With Nelson Mandela International Day coming up, many people are looking for a way to spend 67 minutes for Tata - from painting orphanages...
WTF is the apartheid flag doing at #BlackMonday protests?
Protesters donned black and carried white crosses - and some the old apartheid-era flag - in the #BlackMonday protests. The protest raised questions about...
Mam’ Nomzamo Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s Legacy Is Still A Site Of Struggle
South Africa, is a country that is inhibited by ghosts trying to find their homes and it is a country that knows no justice....
Malema might have a point about South African Indian people
After Ecnomic Freedom Fighters commander-in-chief Julius Malema made controversial comments about Indian people during the party's 4th anniversary celebrations in Durban on July 29,...
The MPL Network: Centering Women’s Experiences of Islamic Law
Debating justice in the Muslim family, a recent workshop organised by the Muslim Personal Law (MPL) Network at the University of Cape Town (UCT)...
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...
