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    Should statues of colonialists have an expiry date?

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    In recent days, there has been a growing call among students for the removal of a statue of colonialist Cecil John Rhodes, which stands...

    #RhodesSoWhite: Rhodent throwdown brings humour to race revolt [video]

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    // Post by Kuhle Gush Mzamane. Rhodes students have taken their #RhodesSoWhite revolution from placards to a video. A video doing the rounds on Thursday...

    Eusebius may not have a PhD, but he twars cum laude

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    DA leader Helen Zille has been heavily criticised this week for the Western Cape government’s cancellation of its Cape Times subscription by, among others,...

    Protea fire burns Sri Lanka, takes SA to World Cup semi-finals

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    The Proteas have bowled Sri Lanka over. Literally. On a magnificent night out in the field, the boys in green and gold won their...

    Angry Zille accuses media of being “tender”, misses the point

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    A decision by the DA-led Western Cape government to allow its subscription to the Cape Times newspaper to lapse has South Africans buzzing about the...

    Pass the parcel: SA Postal Service drowns under mail backlog

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    A dissatisfied postal services customer has discovered piles of undelivered mail at the South African Post Office's Johannesburg mail hub. Leonard Werner had been...

    Six standout moments from Zuma’s Q&A

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    It was never going to be a dull day in Parliament with President Zuma taking questions from the house. Six questions were agreed upon...

    Watch: Buzzfeed video leaves a sour taste in our mouths

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    US online media company BuzzFeed has finally sampled some “South African” snacks in a popular video series featuring its American staff sampling foreign cuisine for...

    The Daily Vox hangout about #thedress, domestic abuse, and the Salvation...

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    Damn #thedress, it just won’t go away! But on Friday the meme was hijacked to highlight an important issue, as the South African branch...

    Bangladesh: the beautyful ones are born (and England go home)

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    England are out of the cricket World Cup. At the hands of Bangladesh. In so doing, Bangladesh have made it to the quarter finals of...

    Skwatta Kamp fans pay their respects to Flabba

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    Tributes have been pouring in on social media since news broke that former Skwatta Kamp member Nkululeko Habedi, aka Flabba, was murdered in the...

    Oceans advocate Lewis Pugh brings the Antarctic to Twitter

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    Oceans activist Lewis Pugh is swimming across the Antarctic to raise awareness of the need for marine protection in the southernmost oceans of the...

    Generations The Legacy might be left in ashes by new competition

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    eTV’s new soapie, Ashes To Ashes aired its first episode at 8pm on Tuesday, steering some attention away from SABC’s flagship soapie: Generations The...

    Israel’s prime minister said what now?

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    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received some boos and aaahs after his speech to the US Congress on Tuesday. Netanyahu threw punches at the...

    Amla: Mr Consistent lets off some fireworks of his own

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     The #ProteaFire continues to burn through the opposition at the cricket World Cup (that little hiccup against India excepted). Today it was Hashim Amla’s...

    #MMA15: who won, who lost, and why we care

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    On Saturday evening the annual Metro FM Music Awards were hosted at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban. It was an A-list event, a...

    Miss Turkey: when beauty queens get political

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    A former Miss Turkey, Merve Büyüksaraç, could soon be trading her designer threads and high heels for a jumpsuit in an unflattering shade of...

    Diversity comes to Apple’s new emojis

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    After years of complaints about the lack of diversity in emojis (those funny icons you pepper your text messages and emails) Apple is finally making it...

    Never mind #ProteaFire, how about AB on fire!

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    AB de Villiers proved that he is so much more than just a man whose face sells Lays potato chips when he hit 166...

    M&G column on white privilege hits a nerve in SA

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    Mail & Guardian columnist Verashni Pillay has caused a stir with her article, “Six things white people have that black people don’t”. She lists these...