Discs over diapers: meet SA’s 2-year-old DJ
At an age where most kids are getting the hang of grammar and dropping their diapers, AJ Madumo Hlongwane is hanging headphones and dropping...
South Africans voice their frustration at #MarikanaReport online
President Jacob Zuma released the findings of the Marikana Commission of Inquiry on Thursday night. According to the report, the blame for the August...
Bafana Bafana break SA hearts, but we can still laugh about...
Bafana Bafana’s journey at Afcon 2015 has ended. The team were knocked out of the group stages after losing 2-1 to Ghana on Tuesday....
Diversity comes to Apple’s new emojis
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...
#EFFBreakaway: The revolution splinters
After weeks of rumours, public spats and internal discord, disbanded members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) addressed the media on Monday, announcing the...
It’s Women’s Month! Time to either “switch to woman mode” or...
So, in case you missed the subliminal messaging in all the spa specials and florists discounts, Women's Month is on the horizon. And that...
Feminism for who? For what?
Over the last few years, feminism has come under intense scrutiny for its relevance to the lived experiences of women of colour. Like any other...
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...
Zille: It’s deeper than just crapping on a journalist
Nothing that happens on Twitter will affect the outcome of South Africa’s 2014 elections, but that doesn’t mean that important stuff doesn’t happen there, writes SIMON WILLIAMSON.
Making Instagram a South African Hit
Photo and video sharing social network Instagram has hit 300 million monthly users, toppling Twitter as one of the world’s most popular applications. Who...
Marriage and divorce in a Twitter minute
RAEESA PATHER scoured the interwebs to find out what South Africans are saying about the acrimonious fallout between the Democratic Alliance and Mamphela Ramphele.
Charleston: Five excuses for white crime
On Wednesday night, nine people were killed after a man entered a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, and opened fire on the...
“All hail Caitlyn – but what about Caster?†asks Twitter
“Call me Caitlyn†was the buzz phrase late on Monday on Twitter – but what does it say about us that Caster Semenya is...
America’s protests against police brutality captured in one powerful image
Thousands of Americans took the streets on Saturday to protest against increasing police brutality towards African Americans in the country.
Protests took place in Washington DC...
Twitter kisses Ramphele goodbye
"Enough is enough", said Mampela Ramphele. And then, on Tuesday, she quit. AAISHA DADI PATEL rounds up reaction to the news that political party...
You know Wayne Parnell – but do you know @Parnyboy_7?
Protea Wayne Parnell is one of South Africa’s best-loved cricketers. But do you know the real Wayne – or, as he calls himself, “Parnyboy�...
#DiariesOfASingleCricketMum: A Story To Make Your Five Days
Durban-based journo and single mum Fatima Asmal is currently on a holiday break in Cape Town with her ten-year-old son Amr, a cricket super-fan....
Forget medically approved assessments, this female footballer was asked to strip...
When it comes to assessing excellent female sports players, “gender testing†seems to be common practice. And although society has quietly accepted this as...
#MMA15: who won, who lost, and why we care
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...
This land is our land … No really, it is.
Farmers to give 50% of their land to their workers? That's the gist of Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti's recently published...
