Five Quotes From Nelson Mandela On Land
The dispossession of the black inhabitants of their land was an apartheid era strategy that began with the colonisation of South Africa. Without land,...
Here’s How You Can Choose Your Career Wisely
Find a job you love, and you will never work a day in your life, they say. It sounds like the simple answer to...
The VAT Increase is an Assault On The Poor And Lower-Income...
South Africa is a highly unequal society and a unilateral increase on the least progressive tax component – Value Added Tax (VAT) – is...
What does the National Youth Development Agency do?
On November 10, president Cyril Ramaphosa appointed a new board for the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA). Asanda Luwaca was also appointed as the...
Mandela’s Pan-Africanism: In His Own Words
On 12 January 1962, seven months before his infamous life sentence that banished him to Robben Island, Nelson Mandela gave a speech at the...
All The Words You Need To Know To Join A K-pop...
K-Pop: a music genre which originates in South Korea and includes all forms of popular music in Korea. It often describes a modern form...
What South Africans Eat During Ramadan
Muslims all over the world have been observing the month of Ramadan for the past few weeks. Different cultures have different foods they eat...
How Thabo Mbeki helped Robert Mugabe steal an election
A number of Zimbabweans do not want South Africa or the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to intervene in the ongoing crisis. A citizen...
Spring Hasn’t Sprung Yet
It’s September and for the Southern Hemisphere, this means that warmer days are officially on the way. South Africans, in particular, took to social...
“Because We’ve Read”: How Hoda Katebi’s Viral Interview Sparked A Global...
When a controversial local TV interview went viral (with 10 million views and counting) Iranian-American political fashion blogger Hoda Katebi received a ton of...
Understanding Human Trafficking in South Africa
Of late, social media has been awash with pictures, videos and warnings about human trafficking. But it isn't a new problem in South Africa....
Modern day slavery in cocoa farming: The guilt behind eating chocolate
The truth about the chocolate industry might leave a bitter taste in your mouth. Chocolate is a billion-dollar industry but it is not necessarily...
Bread Heists And Currencies: The Situation In Zimbabwe
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Last week, news sites reported that 500 loaves of bread had been stolen by armed robbers in Zimbabwe, owing to the current bread...
COVID-19: Myth Busting Edition
With the announcement of a national state of disaster and a rising number of cases of COVID-19, the South African government has urged South...
Black-On-Black Colonialism: The Divide Between Francophone Cameroon And Anglophone Ambazonia
The struggle of the people of the English-speaking region of Cameroon made international headlines again last month when seven activists received prison sentences, ranging...
Dear Gareth Cliff, Here’s What’s Actually Going On In Palestine
A voice note of radio personality Gareth Cliff endorsing the State of Israel on his Wednesday morning Cliff Central show went viral on social...
The fascinating history of Netflix
The iconic “Tudum” is now a sound most people are familiar with. But did you know Netflix actually started off as a DVD rental...
Everyone’s hyping up Ivermectin but there’s not yet conclusive evidence that...
AfriForum has brought an urgent court application against the South African Health Products Rights Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) and Health Minister Zweli Mkhize to...
The Erdogan-Gülen Proxy Conflict In South African Schools
"Books are the strongest instruments to fight against cultural corruption," said the Turkish First Lady Emine Erdogan. She was speaking at the inauguration of...
