Binwe Adebayo on writing about Black Love
Binwe Adebayo, writer, founder and managing director of baby mogul has contributed to a new collection of essays. Notes on Love is...
Extract from Andy Kawa’s book about getting justice for women
Kwanele, Enough! My Battle with the South African Police Service to get Justice for Women is businessperson Andy Kawa’s story. In 2010,...
TL;DR: A roundup of SRC elections from across the country
Even with the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, politics must go on. Around the country, universities adapted the elections for the 2020/2021 student...
The Nigeria SARS and Namibia GBV protests, explained
For almost two weeks, Nigerians have been protesting to #EndSARS. Thousands of people joined the demonstrations across the country, raising their voices...
The calls for Basic Income Grant, explained
On October 12, the C19 People's Coalition Cash Transfers Working Group and the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) issued a demand to...
Blackfishing: The beauty trend that preys on black women
By Kelly Mutizira
Every few months, blackfishing and cultural appropriation become controversial topics.
While cultural appropriation,...
Tolu Agbelusi on performing at the online Poetry Africa festival
We spoke to Nigerian born, London based poet, educator and lawyer Tolu Agbelusi who will be gracing the virtual stage at the...
PYA sweeps Wits SRC elections, amid controversy over its list of...
The Progressive Youth Alliance (PYA) have retained the Wits University student representative council (SRC) majority. On October 7, Jerome September, dean of...
Terry-Ann Adams is writing about Eldorado Park
Terry-Ann Adams is the author of the soon-to-be released book, Those Who Live in Cages. The book, set in Eldorado Park, is...
How Korean boyband BTS created a social movement
There’s an adage among the ARMY, the fans of Korean group, BTS, “You only find BTS when you need them.” It’s something...
“The Lie of 1652” debunks colonial and apartheid land myths
The Lie of 1652 by Patric Tariq Mellet joins a growing list of books retelling the history of South Africa, focusing on...
What exactly does non-racialism mean in 2020
During the Democratic Alliance’s September policy conference, the party adopted an economic redress policy that targets disadvantage, rather than race. They said...
Manyano Women: from colonisation to post-apartheid feminisms
“I have been surrounded by the Manyano all my life. From my earliest memories of childhood, I always knew that being a...
Students struggling with online learning will be invited back to campus
Approximately 66% of students are set to return to campus under level two of South Africa’s lockdown restrictions. Minister of higher education...
#StoptheSale activists celebrate Tafelberg victory
It could be a huge stride against Apartheid spatial planning in Cape Town. The Western Cape High Court ruled in favour of...
Netflix Away’s Ray Panthaki on the Mars space series
Launching September 4, the Netflix series Away is a thrilling drama that celebrates an international crew of their first mission to Mars. As...
All South Africa’s commissions of inquiry listed
The ongoing Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, has left many of us aghast. Come on. It must be...
Extract: Women in Solitary
In her new book, Women in Solitary: Inside the female resistance to apartheid, author Shanthini Naidoo explores the female experience of activism...
“The Fall” is a fantasy novel set in the middle of...
Jen Thorpe’s novel The Fall marries fantasy with reality in a fast-paced mashup. We chatted to Thorpe about her inspiration for the...
If Not The ANC, Then Who?
If parliament had 24 months to make the Electoral Act constitutional by allowing individual citizens to contest elections at all levels, we...
