Triathlete Richard Murray wants a medal in Rio
With less than a month to go before the Rio Olympics begin, many athletes are furiously getting their last bit of training in for...
A letter from the frontlines of “Shutdown Zimbabweâ€
If there's one picture I wish I could have taken of Zimbabwe's national stayaway protest yesterday, it's the police playing pool at the local...
Five things people often get wrong about introverts
Crowded parties or meetings often might feel like a holding cell to an introverted person, even as they sportingly up their end of the...
Aaisha’s Ramadaan diaries, Day 29: On doing what you love and...
Day 29: On doing what you love and loving what you do
There is a verse in Surah Rahman which I always, always come back...
A letter from Zimbabwe, where the people say “zvakwana (enough)”
The people of Zimbabwe are angry. They've been stewing for a long time and now it's starting to show. Minibus taxi drivers in the...
Aaisha’s Ramadaan Diaries, Day 26: On censorship, press freedom, and the...
Day 26: On censorship, press freedom, and the SABC
On Friday I was not at home, but my heart was in Auckland Park with my...
10 reasons SA doesn’t suck right now – June edition
June sucked. There was Brexit, Rivers Church, #SodwanaBay, Hlaudi power-tripping at the SABC, and so much else. Although SA needs to be left in...
Who is Jimi Matthews anyway?
Jimi Matthews is the former CEO of SABC who recently resigned from his position at the public broadcaster. In a tweet, he attached his...
After years of protest, Thembelihle is finally getting electricity
On Thursday, President Jacob Zuma visited the Thembelihle informal settlement in Lenasia, for the formal launch of local government’s electricity supply to the settlement....
The many reasons why Muslims don’t need to assure you of...
Another day, another horrible attack causing death, serious injury, and sowing fear into the hearts and mind of all of us peace-loving people. ISIL...
Seven obstacles to ending rape culture
The Soul City Institute held a panel discussion on sexual violence and women's voices on Wednesday morning at their offices in Johannesburg. The four...
These brave SABC employees have publicly spoken out against Hlaudi
The recent editorial shakeup that has been taking place at the SABC is a very serious issue, with the media freedom of the public...
Mob justice has paralysed the Giyani CBD
The situation in Giyani, a town in the north-east of Limpopo, remains tense as mobs of people continued to organise against businesses owned by...
Aaisha’s Ramadaan diaries, Day 18: On solitude
Day 18: On solitude
On Thursday I went out and sat cross-legged in the sun, and it was the best thing I've done in a...
Rebecca Davis is helping this Cape Town mosque address homophobia
On Thursday, the Claremont Main Road Mosque hosted prominent journalist and author Rebecca Davis to discuss the historical treatment and state of the LGBT community...
Journalists are being targeted in #TshwaneUnrest
The attention of South Africa has been on Tshwane as protests over the nomination of Thoko Didiza as the ANC’s mayoral candidate in the...
This ANCYL official says it’s okay to loot foreign-owned shops and...
On Wednesday, The Daily Sun published an interview with Mandla Matikinya, who claims to be chairperson of the ANC Youth League (ANCYL)Â Mawika Zone branch,...
Aaisha’s Ramadaan diaries, Day 17: On consumption
Day 17: On consumption
When I was in first year, I was in an English lecture on Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger when my...
We translated government’s response to #TshwaneUnrest
We've already got 11 official languages but government speak is a whole other language, yo. On Tuesday, the security cluster released a statement on...
Aaisha’s Ramadaan diaries, Day 16: On understanding protest
Day 16: On understanding protest
When I was in third year, I sat in in a lecture where we debated the semantics of service delivery...
