Five take-home messages from King Goodwill Zwelithini’s imbizo
Thousands of people flocked to King Goodwill Zwelithini’s imbizo at Moses Mabhida Stadium in KwaZulu-Natal on Monday, held in response the xenophobic violence sweeping...
Five moments from the Durban Peace March that aren’t helping with...
The Peace March held in Durban on Thursday was meant to provide a platform for South Africans to stand in solidarity with our fellow...
Zimbabweans angry over SA xenophobia, threaten to disrupt Cassper Nyovest’s Bulawayo...
Following the violent xenophobic attacks in KwaZulu-Natal, some Zimbabweans have told South African hip-hop star Cassper Nyovest that he is not welcome in Zimbabwe....
#BringBackOurGirls and five other Twitter campaigns that got people talking
Monday 14 April marked a year since the disappearance of the Chibok girls in Nairobi at the hands of Boko Haram – the kidnapping that...
Big Brother rape rumours reveal SA’s victim-blamers and rape apologists
Rape rumours are spreading on social media, following the removal of two housemates from the Big Brother house. Alarmingly, the response to the rape...
*That* kiss with Drake, and 5 other crazy stunts from Madonna
Madonna furiously made out with Canadian hip-hop superstar Drake at the Coachella music festival in Los Angeles on Monday afternoon – with pictures showing...
[VIDEO] When Mbuyiseni Ndlozi demonstrated Eben Jansen’s “intellectual bankruptcyâ€
A video of SABC Newsroom anchor Eben Jansen getting hot under the collar while discussing the #RhodesMustFall debate and then angrily dismissing his guest,...
How the statue of Cecil John Rhodes came down [pictures]
After weeks of debate, protest and demonstration, a removal crew overseen by a heritage architect appeared at the University of Cape Town (UCT) on...
Instagram moderators protect men from menstruating women
Rupi Kaur, a Canadian poet and artist, took on Instagram after the social media network removed a self-portrait of Kaur with a spot of...
Five 1 April jokes that had us fooled (almost)
On Tuesday evening, we all knew to be on high alert for the usual April Fools’ jokes doing the rounds. But come Wednesday morning,...
2oceansvibe trolls #RhodesMustFall watchers
On Tuesday, streaming radio channel 2oceansvibe trolled readers with a provocative statement: if the statue goes, then shouldn’t UCT’s land be returned to the...
South Africa’s Trevor Noah is the new Jon Stewart
Australia got the Cricket World Cup. South Africa got the Daily Show. We win.
— Phil de Lange (@TakeYourPhil) March 30, 2015
South African Trevor Noah...
#ProudlyEldos: Does it matter where Miss SA is from?
Twenty-three-year-old BComm graduate Liesl Laurie was crowned Miss South Africa on Sunday night – but some people were more focused on the fact that...
One Direction head to SA minus a member, leave fans weeping
British boy band One Direction landed in South African on Thursday minus one member, Zayn Malik, who – to the horror of fans everywhere...
UKZN statue defaced: is it time for #KingGeorgeVMustGo?
Protests against tributes to colonialists have spread from Cape Town and Grahamstown now to Durban. On Thursday morning, students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal,...
#survivorloveletter: love letters from sexual abuse survivors to themselves
In one small corner of the internet, a Tumblr blog is helping survivors of sexual assault to declare their love for themselves, in letters written...
#RhodesMustFall: the spatial geography (and power relations) of the statue
Over the couple of last weeks, calls for the removal of a statue of Cecil John Rhodes at the University of Cape Town (UCT) have...
Proteas out of #CWC: we’re stumped for words
We were all shattered when the Proteas lost to the Black Caps in the semi-final of the cricket World Cup earlier on Tuesday. AAISHA...
Proteas score fashion hat-trick ahead of semi-final showdown
They may have a huge match looming tomorrow, but this hasn’t stopped the Proteas players from showing off their questionable fashion sense during the...
#RhodesMustFall reaches Oxford University
The #RhodesMustFall protests at the University of Cape Town have just jumped borders. A group of students at Oxford University in the United Kingdom...
