I don’t want to call myself Coloured anymore
Words are not benign, says Ling Shepherd
“Coloured”, “Boesman”, “Khoisan”, “Hottentot”, “Hotnot” and “Vaal Japie” – all descriptive words and most times slurs used to...
7 poems commemorating the Women of the anti-apartheid struggle
On August 9 1956, thousands of women marched to the Union Buildings. They were marching against the apartheid pass laws. Led by Helen Joseph,...
Under The Eyes Of COVID-19: Grief And Otherness
The grief that the international community is feeling because of the COVID-19 pandemic is not at all exceptional. In fact, those without the experience...
We Must Understand Coloniality If We Are To Dismantle It
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The 1994 vote was not decolonisation. There is still a need to physically decolonise the country and decentre whiteness as the only legitimate form...
Jwara! Induna’s Daughter: An extract
Born into privilege, Joyce PilisoSeroke questioned her environment. She grew up in a gated compound for the mining elite at Crown Mines but soon...
No to benches to memorialise forced removals from Simonstown
Ling Shepherd visited Simonstown to see a new set of benches commissioned to commemorate the forced removal of Black and Coloured people from the...
A love letter to Black matriculants
I'm not sure what I want to say to you and how I want to say it. All I know is, at this very...
KhoiKhoi is the mother of all mother tongues says Jeffrey Oarasib
Jeffrey Oarasib has been elevating the preservation of the KhoiKhoi language through poetry, and rapping. He is a Khoi language reclamation artist and activist....
A soulful reflection of the past at #KBF22
In Mandla Langa’s The Lost Language of the Soul, the author weaves a powerful story. It is a story about a search but it...
Racist Polish fans advocate for “freedom” for Chris Hani’s murderer
The return of live sporting events in Poland has seen a return of racist sloganing centered around the murderer of Chris Hani, Janusz Walus.
The...
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...
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...
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...
