This Is Going To Be A Painful Budget Speech
Today, Malusi (trying-to-keep-my-job) Gigaba will deliver the 2018 budget. It will be painful for all of us, as government attempts to tackle the debt-monster,...
7 Quotes From President Cyril Ramaphosa’s SONA
South Africa's fifth democratically elected president Cyril Ramaphosa had his inaugural State of the Nation Address on Friday night at the Parliament in Cape...
What Young South Africans Really Think Of The State Of The...
The 2018 State of the Nation Address (SONA) will be delivered by ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday evening, following Jacob Zuma's resignation on Wednesday...
EFF: Zuma Is Gone, Now Dissolve Parliament
Following the resignation of Jacob Zuma as the president of the republic on Wednesday night, the Economic Freedom Fighters hosted a press conference on...
ADF: Home Affairs’ Comments On Asylum Seekers Are Xenophobic
The African Diaspora Forum (ADF) read with shock and dismay the quotes attributed to the Home Affairs Director of asylum seeker management, Mandla Madumisa...
Designer Accused Of Stealing UCT Student’s Greywater System Refutes Accusations
Many social media users have been in a state of outrage after industrial designer Retief Krige announced the creation a greywater storage bank to...
Inxeba proves how heteronormativity feels uncomfortable when challenged
I have been paying attention to the conversation around the premier of Inxeba, a movie that looks at how gay black men are marginalised...
“What I noticed about the movie is that it focuses more...
After receiving heavy criticism from a number of people, the critically-acclaimed award winning film “Inxeba†(The Wound) finally hit the cinemas on Friday 02....
Caught in the Spider’s Web: Radical Economic Transformation and Authoritarian Populism
The emergence of the campaign and associated political rhetoric under the banner of “Radical Economic Transformation†(RET) devolved from the Zuma administration. Over the...
Severus Snape Is Not The Hero You Think He Is
Just a disclaimer before I start - I am a huge Potterhead. I have lived and breathed all of the Harry Potter books for...
NDZ’s Radical Economic Transformation vs CR17’s New Deal: a summary
The two front-runners for incoming president of the African National Congress, Cyril Ramaphosa (CR17) and Nkosazana-Dlamini Zuma (NDZ), have outlined their policy positions should...
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...
Betrayal: a poem on ‘unappointable’ black women in academia
On 9 December, the Council of the University of Cape Town appointed Lis Lange to the position of Deputy Vice Chancellor (DVC): Teaching and...
A luta continua at the University Currently Known As Rhodes
On 6 December, the Council of the University Currently Known As Rhodes (UCKAR) publicly announced that it would not be changing the institution's name,...
Constitutional Court encourages change in attitude towards Joburg’s urban poor
Last week the Constitutional Court handed down its judgment in Dladla v City of Johannesburg, unanimously finding that the rules the City of Johannesburg...
South Africa’s #MeToo gap: No accountability for high-profile men
The #MeToo movement began on our timelines - then became tangible as scores of high-profile American men are being ousted and fired for their...
After Mugabe: Do I dare to hope, as a Ugandan?
Following the ousting of Robert Mugabe's 37-year regime through a military coup by General Constantino Chiwenga, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, leader of Uganda since 1986,...
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...
The Fees Commission Report brings us no closer to justice for...
Almost four months after the Heher Commission completed its work and gave President Zuma its report, the fundamental issues raised by the #FeesMustFall movement...
Pan Africanism that deifies oppressive African leaders is toxic to ordinary...
Reflecting on the cash crisis in Zimbabwe and the undeserved suffering of its people, Joyline Maenzanise is tired of black activists who idolise liberation...
