What you need to know about NSFAS 2022
The cycle for the 2022 National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) applications are due to open in the next month or so. NSFAS has...
Who Is Really To Blame For SA’s Jobs Crisis?
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President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent admission that South Africa is facing punishing job losses is in direct contradiction with the promises he made...
How to get rid of an incompetent ward councillor
Ward councillors are meant to act as a bridge between community members and government. But councils are often the first places where communities come...
The DA’s Deluded or Demagogue Approach To Stellenbosch University
By Luke Waltham
The DA’s Federal Congress over the last weekend has resulted in a number of reactions and thoughts by voters, critics and commentators...
Here’s what Trump and Biden have said about South Africa
The US is voting and there is just no escaping it. While it seems like the elections won’t make much of a difference to...
What You Need To Know About The New EFFSC President Mandla...
The assembly of the Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command (EFFSC) elected leadership at the weekend, and Mandla Shikwambana, a former University of Venda SRC...
10 Historical Figures Who Were Vegan Before It Was Mainstream
Haters aside, the vegan movement has exploded so much over the past few years it’s almost mainstream. Interest in the plant-based lifestyle is 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 nice to...
7 poems commemorating the Women of the anti-apartheid struggle
On August 9 1956, thousands of women marched to the Union Buildings. They were marching against the apartheid pass laws. Led by Helen Joseph,...
RECAP: How the Tembisa 10 came into “non-existence”
STORY LAST UPDATE: JUNE 28
There is rarely a dull moment in South Africa. The country, after all, is alive with every possibility. But this...
Why Is Everybody So Afraid Of DD Mabuza?
On Monday evening, Cyril Ramaphosa announced the first cabinet reshuffle of his tenure as president of South Africa. While there were many surprises and...
Blade Nzimande finally announces 2022 NSFAS applications dates
Higher education minister, Dr Blade Nzimande announced the opening of the 2022 National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) applications. During an October 28 briefing,...
How are policies made in South Africa?
South Africa’s local government elections are just a few months away. It is routine for political parties to outline the policies and plans they...
Never far from controversy: The life and times of Zweli Mkhize
Health minister Dr. Zweli Mkhize had been a beacon of hope during the uncertainty of the Covid-19 pandemic. He also seems to have become...
Who is Jolidee Matongo, Jozi’s new mayor?
Jolidee Matongo is the new mayor of South Africa’s biggest city, Johannesburg. Matongo became the city’s executive mayor in an unopposed race on August...
Winnie Mandela: The Woman Who Fought For Our Freedom
The nation mourns the death of the prolific revolutionary and struggle icon Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela-Mandela, who died on Monday, 2 April at the age...
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 this was...
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, at times also phrased cultural misappropriation, refers to a dominant...
The Gillette Advert Is Cool, But…
Gillette's new advertisement has everyone touched in some way: some think it's revolutionary in the face of the #MeToo movement and the fragile men...
5 Things You Never Knew About Black Revolutionary Robert Sobukwe
Forty years ago on this day, February 27, Mangaliso Robert Sobukwe passed away. Sobukwe was a prominent South African political dissident who founded the...
