Ming-Cheau Lin’s “Just Add Rice” Recipe Book Is An Immigration Story
Storyteller, immigrant, copywriter, and cookbook author - for Ming-Cheau Lin it is all these different identities that have come together in the writing of...
Toya Delazy: HIV Affected My Family Too
We asked UNICEF Youth Champion and pop star, Toya Delazy, why it is important for her to join the conversation about HIV and Aids....
Sibahle Collection: A Doll For Everyone
European beauty standards continue to be pervasive in society with most products including toys in the consumer market reaffirming those standards. Sibahle Collection is...
Why Your Veganism Must Be Intersectional
Let's talk food. No matter which angle we come at it from: food is political. The way the food you eat is produced, controlled,...
Understanding Ukuthwasa And African Healing
Social media has been abuzz in the last few months over celebrities who announce that they are becoming initiates of traditional healing, a process...
How Iran Discriminates Against The Baha’i Minority
On 2 November international civil society alliance Civicus hosted an event that showcased the persecution faced by the Baha'i people by the Islamic theocracy...
Global Solidarity For Writer Barred Entry To Palestinian Literary Festival
Writers have expressed solidarity with prominent Palestinian-American writer Susan Abulhawa who was detained and then deported by Israel. Israel blocked the writer from attending...
Giving White People Honest Feedback About Racism
Noted antiracism practitioner Dr Robin Di Angelo, who coined the term white fragility, talks about how in her workshops she asks people of colour...
The Oral Tradition Behind South African Names
Phumzile Simelane Kalumba first started considering the significance of names when she had to name her own children. She and her husband considered the...
Mohammed Tamimi’s Father: “We Thought He Was Going To Die”
Fadel Tamimi thrusts his smartphone into my face to show me a gory video of doctors removing a bullet from his 15-year-old son's head....
Mandela-Gandhi Peace Walk Comes To SA
A group of seven peace activists from various countries including South Africa, India and Japan have embarked on a peace walk across South Africa...
Why Iran Matters to Africa
What do the human rights of minorities in Iran, in the Middle East, have to do with Africans, writes MAZIAR BAHARI.
I started to answer...
#BloodFriday: Coloured Community Say They Are Tired Of Suffering
It was the death of Heather Peterson, a 45-year-old woman from Westbury that sparked the widespread protests amongst the coloured communities in Gauteng. Peterson...
Qarnita Loxton: On Writing Cape Town’s Sex And The City
Born and bred in Cape Town, Qarnita Loxton started writing as a way of keeping herself busy. Being a shy child, she had always...
Magic And Reality Clash In Mohale Mashigo’s “Intruders”
Mohale Mashigo's latest literary offering Intruders is a rollercoaster of a read. Moving from monster-chasing in Bloemfontein to escaping the end of Earth to...
Coloured Mentality Wants To Help You To Initiate Change In Cape...
If you're a person of colour with innovative ideas on how to solve structural inequalities in the city of Cape Town, this one's for...
White Liberals Can’t Escape Scrutiny
The attention and political discourse that is emerging as a result of the recent racist outbursts like that of Adam Catzavelos, Vicki Momberg, Penny...
Bunny Chows And Guptas: The Heritage Of South African Indians
The bunny chow: a dish ingrained in the fabric of South African culture. So much so that its successor, the kota, has been credited...
In Conversation With Poet Saaleha Idrees Bamjee
Full-time freelance photographer and writer, Saaleha Idrees Bamjee has released her debut poetry collection, Zikr. Bamjee said she has always been a writer from...
UCT’s New Inclusivity Policy For Sexual Orientation: What Students Think
The launch of UCT's Inclusivity Policy for Sexual Orientation has come during a time of relative calm at the institution. After a lengthy consultative...
