Ebola: How one little boy danced his way to recovery [VIDEO]
As the Ebola outbreak in West Africa continues unabated, there comes a moment of lightness in the form of a bubbly 11-year old boy...
Emma Watson on the F-word of our generation [video]
For the longest time, I didn’t want to be associated with the word "feminist". The way I perceived feminists and feminism was shaped by...
Central African Republic: Africa’s forgotten conflict
A year ago, South Africa couldn't turn its eyes away from the Central African Republic (CAR). Fourteen of our soldiers had been killed as...
I thought South Africa would liberate Africa (but it didn’t happen)
Nigeria's Femi Kuti, the son of Africa's music icon Fela Kuti, said that he had hoped that South Africa would be the country to liberate the...
Open (the) Mosques: How Taj Hargey alienated local Muslims
The Open Mosque is a great idea; who could disagree with a “Qur’an-centric, gender-equal, non-secterain house of God� Unfortunately, it has an awful publicist,...
Sexuality, sacred spaces and Cape Town’s ‘Open Mosque’
Debates around gay rights in Islam is certainly not new, but this week the conversation in South Africa got louder. The establishment of an...
Everything we know about TB Joshua and the Synagogue Church
You would be forgiven if you said that Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) leader TB Joshua is the Kanye West of Christianity. We've...
Why female condoms deserve more love
Did anyone else notice that Tuesday was Global Female Condom Day? I thought not. Despite the best efforts of reproductive health experts and AIDS...
Where hair and art collide
It seems fitting that the exhibition Doing Hair: Hair and Art in Africa is running at the Wits Art Museum, right in the heart of Braamfontein with...
The SADC Wrap: Is that a Mugabe Dynasty we see on...
Each week award winning journalist KRISTEN VAN SCHIE brings you all the news that’s worth knowing from across the SADC region. Here is this week’s...
The Weekly Dissident: Gary Cummiskey, a Dadaist, surrealist, “madhouse screamer”
In the Weekly Dissident today, MPHUTLANE WA BOFELO talks to poet Gary Cummisky, a self described “Dada-surrealist-madhouse screamer†who believes South Africa needs a stronger...
#OPTrial: Five things we won’t miss about the end of the...
It has taken one year and seven months for the verdict to be delivered, Judge Thokozile Masipa has announced her ruling - Oscar Pistorius...
The 2022 World Cup in Qatar: More than FIFA had bargained...
As if there weren’t already enough issues with Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, it now appears that the international soccer body...
The Ebola hospital in Liberia that isn’t for Liberians
The Pentagon is set to build a facility to treat health workers in Liberia. Eighty Liberian health workers have already died from the disease....
Thuli Madonsela: Good public servant or evil “enemy agent”?
Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has been accused of being a CIA agent. Because apparently one needs to be deployed as a spy in order...
Why Mario Ambrosini hoped to legalise medical marijuana in SA
In February of this year, the late Mario Ambrosini uttered some chilling words during the state of the nation debate. “I was supposed to...
Steve Hofmeyr pens open letter to EFF member Jaco Oelofse
On Friday, a candidate for the University of Pretoria’s student representative candidate made headlines in several national news outlets. The media buzz did not appear...
The SADC Wrap: Lesotho general flees into mountains and Antananarivo suffers...
Each week award winning journalist KRISTEN VAN SCHIE brings you all the news that’s worth knowing from across the SADC region. Here is this...
“Yes means yes†is the new “No means noâ€
“No means no†has been used as a slogan for many anti-rape campaigns worldwide. But several US advocacy groups say this advice does not go far enough....
Pakistan’s political crisis viewed from afar: “We already tried this prime...
Pakistan’s ruling government is facing a political crisis. Back in South Africa, expatriate Pakistanis have little alternative but to watch as the situation unfolds.
“We are...
