Patriarchy Erases Mam’ Winnie’s Contribution To The Struggle
The late Winnie Madikizela-Mandela had a range of identities that do not fit neatly into the conventional understanding of "Mother of the Nation" as...
Memory Banda On The Struggle Of The Girl Child In Malawi
There is fire in the eyes of Memory Banda when she talks about girls rights in her home country of Malawi. The 22-year-old has...
Jen Thorpe: Feminism Is A Doing Word
The book Feminism Is will start a conversation with yourself and unpack a lens for you where you will believe you can make change...
Imposter Syndrome Is Worse For Women
Imposter Syndrome is something that has affected every single one of us at some time or the other. Have you ever felt like you're...
What I Learned About Freedom At The Oslo Freedom Forum In...
The Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) is a platform for struggles that have been opaqued and ignored, a gathering for disruption in the name of...
The Politics Of ‘Expropriation Of Land Without Compensation’ In South Africa
In a speech presented at the Urbanization: Impact of land availability - focus on land occupation Indaba organised by MEC for human settlements and...
Omar Sharif Jr: It’s Always Been Difficult To Be Queer In...
Omar Sharif Jr. gives face and voice to the queer population in Egypt who face clampdown at the hands of the authorities. Close to...
The Politics Of The Other: Being A Black Muslim In South...
"Wherever you go, there will always be the politics of the other, whether you are in an Islamic space or whether you are amongst...
Feminism Is Explores The Nuances Of Feminism In South Africa
Feminism Is: South Africans Speak Their Truth is a new anthology of feminist writings edited by Jen Thorpe. It includes voices from people in...
The Place Of Sara Baartman At UCT
The label “Hottentot Venus†continues to haunt our memory of Sara Baartman. This moniker, used in Jean Reaux’s posters to advertise the exhibit of...
5 Woke Youtubers Worth Your Data
Seemingly everybody is starting a YouTube channel to showcase the same personalities and to tell us the same dos and dont’s in black households....
South African Muslim Activism Must Go Beyond Palestine
At a panel discussion on Tuesday hosted by the University of Cape Town Palestine Solidarity Forum, the issues of race, settler colonialism, and Palestine...
Xenophobia Permeates All Levels Of South African Politics
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader, Julius Malema made news headlines a few weeks ago when he questioned whether former president Jacob Zuma's children Duduzane...
Separating Fact From Fiction: The History of the Establishment of Israel
The establishment of the state of Israel was never recognised by the UN Security Council, which is the only body with the authority to...
South Africa’s Entertainment Needs Queer Visibility
South Africa's mainstream entertainment industry has come a long way in terms of opening up the industry and allowing for new talent to surface...
Ali Abunimah: Palestine Needs Global Solidarity To Overcome Its Apartheid
South Africans may not be a military superpower or an economic superpower in global terms but it is a moral superpower - and it...
Help These South African Photographers Reach New York
Reatile Moalusi and Kgomotso Neto Tleane are two South African photographers whose works has been chosen for the New York Times Portfolio Review. The...
Date My Family’s Charismatic Bachelorette Captures Our Hearts
The recent Date My Family episode has set a high bar, following an awesome bachelorette featured, 29-year-old Rey from Johannesburg. Meanwhile the bachelors and...
Tsoku Maela: Femininity As A Shade Of Love That We Should...
With No More Cliches, Please artist Tsoku Maela endeavours to capture the resistance of brown women and to address the clichés associated with resistance...
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,...
