Move over #teamkelly and #teammandisa. Senzo’s dad is here. (Or at...
When Sam Meyiwa hung out of a slow moving vehicle to wave at mourners who'd come to pay their last respects to slain South...
Nomboniso Gasa’s 33-tweet lecture to SA’s #WhiteTwitter
White Twitter was never going to be ready for Nomboniso Gasa's 33-tweet lesson on the role of #WhiteTwitter. (There were actually 34 tweets -...
The world according to Steve Hofmeyr
Another month, another outrageous statement from Steve Hofmeyr. This time the controversial Afrikaans singer has opined on the root causes of Apartheid. In Steve's...
Will the real Chicky Lamba please stand up?
This week South Africans asked themselves some crucial questions: Who is Chicky Lamba, and why is he threatening to put someone in the bush?
When classic literature meets hip hop
When issued with the challenge to create a mashup using two vastly different elements of pop culture - hip hop and classic literature -...
Is there a right way to talk about the poverty of...
An illustration by artist Thandiwe Tshabalala labeling cotton as "dental floss" and petroleum jelly as "lip gloss" for poor black women sparked outrage on...
Julius Malema and Fikile Mbalula’s Twitter showdown
Few things are better than a nice juicy Twitter war (or "twar" as it's known). As someone tweeted, "It's like Fikile Mbalula and Julius...
#Blackface, Chester Missing, and the two-day Twitter war
After the Stellenbosch University blackface debacle, South Africa's favourite puppet, Chester Missing, found himself the subject of criticism on Twitter - wasn't Missing just...
No, this isn’t déjà vu. It’s another blackface scandal.
You'd think university students would have learnt by now that blackface isn't okay, it's racist.
Is it time to rethink the Cape Coloured?
When you say “coloured†in South Africa, many already have a certain image in their heads. South Africa’s resident (coloured) puppet comedian, Chester Missing, caused a...
Shock after 67 South Africans killed in Nigeria church collapse
President Jacob Zuma has confirmed that 67 South Africans died after a church building collapsed in the Nigerian city of Lagos on Friday.
#BalekaMustGo: The opposition unites against the ANC
Five South African opposition parties have joined forces to table a motion of no confidence in National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete. The parties held...
Never mind the girls, #BringBackGoodluck2015
Supporters of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan have mobilised a campaign for his re-election next year using the hashtag #BringBackGoodluck2015. Because political expedience trumps empathy.
“He’s gay, white and from the EFF.” So what?
Jaco Oelofse is the secretary of the EFF student party at the University of Pretoria. On Friday, News24 and Independent Newspapers published two articles that emphasised Oelofse's whiteness...
South Africa in new visa spat with the Dalai Lama
It was reported on Thursday that South Africa has denied the Dalai Lama a visa to enter the country. But the department of international...
#RIPTrolley: A lament for the humble shopping trolley
On Monday, dejected trolleys were found abandoned all over Cape Town and Johannesburg. At the same time, #RIPTrolley banners were hoisted across bridges, leaving...
All you need to know about those nude celebrity leaks
The internet was aflutter on Sunday after a hacker leaked reams of private, nude images of top celebrities. The incident has spurred debate on internet...
#ParlyChaos: Who’s afraid of the EFF? The security cluster apparently.
Following Thursday's #paybackthemoney kerfuffle in Parliament, cabinet ministers from the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster (JCPS) on Tuesday called a press conference to...
#PayBackTheMoney: The meme edition
The Economic Freedom Fighters chanting of "Pay back the money!" during question time in Parliament on Thursday was a meme waiting to happening. We've...
