Don’t put my heritage over the coals
On the 24th of September, South Africans celebrate Heritage Day, when people across all racial and cultural groups are encouraged to celebrate their cultural...
A response to Mamdani: the fight to decolonise starts with the...
Auwais Rafudeen reflects on the importance of indigenous languages in the decolonial project, and the internalised Western ideologies that hold back the attempts to...
Three ways you can check your privilege and build social change
Power dynamics in social movements are important - they can either enable or disable them. In an article titled Tools for White Guys who...
Uzalo: GC is heading down a dangerous path
After nearly being forced to marry someone he doesn't love, GC’s life is seems to be headed for a crash.
Kingdom of KwaMashu congregants, and...
A love letter to the single mother and the anarchy of...
Naledi Yaziyo reflects on the joy of the chaos that came with growing up in a single-mother household.
"Hush, your father is sleeping!"
"I don't know,...
“I felt suffocated in myself” – growing up dark in a...
Nabeelah (22) sits in a hotel courtyard. With her bronzed skin, almond-shaped eyes and crop of curls, Nabeelah is beautiful. Her looks can be...
How I rejected imposed standards of beauty and learned to love...
Mikhail Petersen, who grew up in the coloured community, was taught from childhood that he had "bad" hair. He reflects on how he learned...
Malema might have a point about South African Indian people
After Ecnomic Freedom Fighters commander-in-chief Julius Malema made controversial comments about Indian people during the party's 4th anniversary celebrations in Durban on July 29,...
Uzalo gets lit as GC walks out of his own wedding
After days of anticipation, Uzalo viewers rejoiced this week after soapie bae GC finally stood up to his father and refused to go ahead...
As By Fire: Jonathan Jansen talks #FeesMustFall and victimhood
Former University of the Free State vice-chancellor Jonathan Jansen’s latest book was released earlier this year. "As By Fire: The End of the South...
Dreaming of exile – memories of a rainbow nation childhood
For many South Africans who grew up in the post-1994 era, the myth of the 'rainbow nation' was a cornerstone of their childhood. Naledi...
We need to talk about the violence of anti-Blackness in the...
The bigoted responses to local comedian Joey Rasdien's controversial comment at the Ilm Arts Festival are a stark reminder of the racism and prejudice within...
Joey Rasdien: blasphemy, bigotry and the other b-word
In light of the furore around Joey Rasdien's controversial comments about Islam, and the reactions to them, Angelo C Louw reflects on the racism...
The lived experience of racism Black South African Muslims go through...
Journalist, Nelisiwe Msomi, describes how black South African Muslims experience racism from fellow Muslims.
As my taxi turned into Plein Street, I began to feel...
Protecting religion in schools protects the identities of learners
In June the South Gauteng High Court ruled that religious practices may be observed by learners and educators at public schools, but a public...
Here’s why you should cut teenagers some slack
Adults aren't the only ones that experience the "hard" life. People assume it's normal for teenagers to always be tired, moody and low in...
Uzalo: Will GC and Jojo’s love overcome family interference?
The latest storyline that has Uzalo viewers in the feels involves viewer favourite, GC, who’s caught between his family and the man he loves....
The decolonisation manifesto: Part 2 – Colonisation and the colonial subject
In the second part of a three-part series on decolonisation, Wanelisa Xaba says that in defiance of colonialism and white imagination, we must resist...
The Other Universals Project: exploring the body as a source of...
The Other Universals Project aims to bring together scholars from all over the world to interrogate the question of oppression and discrimination by focusing on the views...
Listening to the voices of the oppressed: lessons from India and...
The Other Universals Project aims to bring together scholars from all over the world to interrogate the question of oppression and discrimination by focusing on...
