It’s 2020 and skin lightening products continue to exist
Racism around the world is well documented, but many people don’t realise that it can occur not just when one race discriminates against another,...
No, Indian South Africans are not persecuted. Here’s the data.
The National Indian Congress of SA (NICSA) wants South African Indians residing in #eThekwini to "Park by the Pozie" on December 12. Claiming to...
Riz Ahmed is searching for home in Mogul Mowgli
With the release of the film, Mogul Mowgli, Riz Ahmed cinematises the message from his album, The Long Goodbye and Saadat Hasan Manto’s short...
Chatting Korean beauty standards and K-pop with Frances Cha
“I would live your life so much better than you if I had your face…” muses a character in Frances Cha’s debut novel If...
Binwe Adebayo on writing about Black Love
Binwe Adebayo, writer, founder and managing director of baby mogul has contributed to a new collection of essays. Notes on Love is a collection...
#LGBTILife: The reality of one woman’s journey for a name change...
The Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, recently met with various Trans Activist Coalition groups in order to improve service delivery and policy...
Terry-Ann Adams is writing about Eldorado Park
Terry-Ann Adams is the author of the soon-to-be released book, Those Who Live in Cages. The book, set in Eldorado Park, is centered around...
I don’t want to call myself Coloured anymore
Words are not benign, says Ling Shepherd
“Coloured”, “Boesman”, “Khoisan”, “Hottentot”, “Hotnot” and “Vaal Japie” – all descriptive words and most times slurs used to...
Coloured Culture, real or imagined?
By Ling Sheperd
Marike de Klerk once said Coloured people are the people that were left behind after all other nations were sorted out – ...
Beyoncé’s “Black Is King” Features Mzansi Stars
In June Beyoncé surprised fans with a 70 seconds teaser trailer of her visual album: Black Is King. The 24 Grammy award-winning artist wrote,...
Free Speech, A Pillar Of Decolonisation
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In 1988 something bizarre happened in the literary world. The novel, a genre in it’s recline into irrelevance, was given a rude awakening. A...
