This YouTube Series Is The Modern Day ‘I Write What I...
If you're looking for fresh YouTube content, you might want to check out #UnPolicedExpressions. Follow Nyiko Shikwambane and Naledi Chirwa as they navigate leaving...
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...
How To Mute Helen Zille From Your Life
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When we thought premier of the Western Cape and professional troll Helen Zille had said it all, this morning she questioned the families of...
“I Started A Football Team To Shield These Young Boys From...
A twenty-six year old merchandiser from Ntuzuma, north Durban is using his passion to keep young boys from the streets. Simphiwe Mkhize says his...
What you need to know about the national minimum wage debate
On Sunday, the National Minimum Wage Advisory Panel, which was put together by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa recommended in its report that South Africa’s national...
The Real Problem With Sexual Assault Scenes In 13 Reasons Why
Controversy has surrounded the popular American teen drama series 13 Reasons Why since the release of season one in March of 2017. At its...
‘A Place For Us’, A Stunning Tale Of Faith And Family
Treading between tradition and the secular and the clash between the self and family, this book tells a stunning tale of faith and family....
Four ways you can put the lit back in literacy
September is International Literacy Month. According to the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), 750 million people around the world remain illiterate,...
Tackling Identity-Building & Unemployment Through Dialogue
In commemoration of Youth Month, the Democracy Development Program in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung hosted its 4th Annual Youth Indaba on Wednesday...
Date My Family’s Bachelor Stands Up To Rude Bullies
Date My Family’s featured families are becoming more problematic. The behaviour of the three families this week sparked outrage on Twitter with regards to...
Sub-Saharan Africa’s young children are facing a developmental crisis
It's well established that when children have access to high quality early childhood development (ECD), they are more likely to break the cycle of...
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...
Exit: Escaping A Life Of Sexual Violence
"My life has seen cycles of abandonment and abuse, sexual exploitation and domestic violence. But my story begins before I was born, because my...
This Zim Immigrant Is Giving SA Youth Skills
After being attacked by unknown people for running community upliftment programmes, a forty-year-old Zimbabwean man, Paul Soti came to South Africa to seek asylum....
This ex-convict needs help to keep vulnerable young people out of...
Bennett Mahlangu is a 41-year-old ex-convict from Vlakfontein, in the south of Johannesburg. Mahlangu was arrested when he was 18 for murder and housebreaking...
Nozizwe Cynthia Jele On Fixing South Africa’s Weak Reading Culture
"The writing happened much later in life but the reading has always been part of who I am," South African writer Nozizwe Cynthia Jele...
#Beychella Is Upon Us, Here’s How To Prepare
Coachella weekend is upon us, and as the Beyhive we are more excited to see Queen Bey, the mother of the music industry, headlining...
Data Will Not Fall Just Yet, Icasa Announces
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) held a press conference on Thursday afternoon which reviewed the 2016 End-user and Subscriber Service Charter...
Media freedom for who? Democracy for what?
Democracies depend on the flow of information to the public. Every dystopian novel ever written has the censorship of information catalyse an eventual degradation...
