More Promises – Has the President finally shown South Africans his...
South Africans will once again be tuned in to listen to President Cyril Ramaphosa deliver the “state of sorrow address” to the nation on...
Virgin Active says askies but we still have some questions
So Virgin Active finally apologised. After flying a team of senior management up to Johannesburg to meet Muhammed Desai, the health club admitted late...
#FeesMustFall reflections from a Critical Race Feminist
The intersection of race, class and gender form the underlying premise of Critical Race Feminism. It is to point that this reflection will take...
Calling All Young Filmmakers!
Here’s an opportunity for young filmmakers in South Africa
Are you an up-and-coming filmmaker looking for your next opportunity? Accountability Lab South Africa (ALSA) might...
Dr Gray: When we allow politicians to tell us about medical...
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi last week suspended two doctors who performed a caesarian in a maternity ward, and subsequently lost both the mother and baby....
“Being a student in South Africa comes with so much frustration”
After being financially excluded in her second year of study, SILONDILE CELE (20), from Adams in KZN, learnt that being a student at university...
Press statement: A call to join the Youth Day Parade for...
The shoulders of young people are forced to carry the burden of ensuring our country does not collapse nor fall into flames. This was...
UKZN students present a united front after violent protest
The mood was sombre at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) this week following violent protests on campus. There was no assurance that management would...
The Senzo Meyiwa love triangle and SA’s propensity for double think
The murder of Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa has forced South Africans to confront some hard truths about the state of...
“Women should be respected, whatever the circumstances”
NOMZAMO MKHIZE* left home to look for employment in Durban but soon found herself embroiled in prostitution and drugs. She told Zilungile Mnisi how she...
How can South African youth rewrite Freedom Day in 2023?
South African youth are finding themselves in the middle of a storm. They are grappled by socioeconomic and socio-political challenges. These are eroding the...
UPDATED: A t-shirt gets you kicked out of a Virgin Active?
Muhammed Desai, the national co-ordinator of the South African chapter of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions lobby against Israel, was forcibly removed from the...
Patriarchs: Keep Your Noses Out Of My Panties!
Dear men and boys,
Here's some good news - all of you men who measure less than 15cm will get a special bursary to study...
What Adam Habib forgets about his time as a student activist
Adam Habib recently penned an open letter to academics concerned about security measures taken at Wits University over the past week. HEINRICH BÖHMKE reminds us of...
How the Taj hotel tried to keep the Kaapse Klopse away
If you know anything about Cape Town, you know that the minstrel parade or "Kaapse Klopse", as we prefer to call them, has become an inherent part of...
OPINION: Death by suicide: the final symptom of mental illness
Twenty-three people will die from suicide today in South Africa. Another 460 South Africans will try to end their lives today. They are from...
“I was never ready for what happened at Wits yesterday”
Wits students are well versed in being stopped in their daily lives, but yesterday they took it upon themselves to stop the functioning of...
“Higher education is not a privilege, it’s a constitutional right”
OFENTSE MAKGAE, 23, was recently awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to do his PhD at Oxford University in the UK in 2016. He told...
Sorbet’s ‘Nancy’ campaign: An attack on women’s self-esteem
“The Victorian woman became her ovaries, as today's woman has become her ‘beauty’†– Naomi Wolf
Naomi Wolf’s sentiments from her book: “The Beauty Myth:...
“It should be unlawful to stop brilliant students from completing their...
As the protests over Wits University's proposed fee increases continue, linguistics lecturer GILLES BARO argues why students and staff who have remained on the sidelines...
