What Zayn Malik Meant To Us As Brown Directioners
It was March 25, 2015 when Zayn Malik left boy band One Direction. He broke Directioners hearts all over the world, but his brown...
The Singing In Parliament Brought Tears To Our Eyes
Song and dance is intrinsically linked to South African heritage and culture. It could be no more evident than in parliament on May 22....
“Tawedes” to an origin language as South Africa gets its first...
Some people may consider KhoiKhoi a forgotten language - but in reality, it’s used across South Africa every day. Words like dagga (“cannabis”), and...
The New Apartheid shatters the idea that apartheid ever ended
In Dr. Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh’s second book The New Apartheid, he examines how apartheid has reinvented itself. This book follows his first, Democracy and Delusion....
The Namakwa Civic Movement are Kingmakers in the Nama Khoi municipality
In the Northern Cape’s Nama Khoi Local Municipality, the Namakwa Civic Movement (NCM) received 20.84% (6519 votes) of the vote. Even though the party...
The environmental impact of the Amazon development in Cape Town, South...
The Amazon Africa development in Cape Town has been one of the most contentious fights in recent South African history. What started out as...
Ten times the Democratic Alliance was kak
Like most of us, I enjoy a good internet list. So there I was, reading about ten celebrity break-ups that broke us - but...
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 the government...
Political Ads From The ANC, DA, EFF, FF+
With less than a month before South Africans head out in their thousands to the polls, political parties are pulling out all the stops...
Alexandra Residents Suffer As Politicians Point Fingers
“I just want to ask Ramaphosa how we must live as Alexandra residents because we are suffering,” Elizabeth Nkwana (61) said. Nkwana, a small...
Should we lower the voting age in South Africa?
The voting age in South Africa is 18. But should pensioners be allowed to make decisions for people who will only come of age...
A Response To Comrade Siya Nyulu’s On The EFF Student Command
COMMENT
The proposal to dissolve the EFF student command is plausible and worth debating.
In an earlier discussion, the six signs of a politically decaying EFFSC...
[REVIEW] Angeliena on Netflix is as kitschy as it is kak
Netflix has reported that western audiences love South African content. These audiences are three times more likely to travel here, after watching a local...
Mandela’s Pan-Africanism: In His Own Words
On 12 January 1962, seven months before his infamous life sentence that banished him to Robben Island, Nelson Mandela gave a speech at the...
Non-COVID Related Deaths Under Lockdown
Just around 700 people have died of the COVID-19 virus in South Africa. These deaths have not been the only casualties. With the deployment...
“The Unaccountables” book presents pathways for accountability
“We have not forgotten” is the tagline for the Open Secrets investigation series The Unaccountables. The series has just been turned into a book....
The Origins Of The South African Students Organisation
BOOK EXTRACT
During 2015 and 2016 student protests swept across South Africa campuses. In her new book Limpopo’s Legacy: Student politics and democracy in...
SASCO Distances Itself From President Who Allegedly Took Ramaphosa Money
The South African Students Congress (Sasco) has distanced itself from its president Avela Mjajubana, who has been named in the leaked bank statements from...
Graaff-Reinet has ran dry in more ways than one
Graaff-Reinet has been plagued by a drought for seven years now. It is the fifth-oldest town in South Africa situated in the Eastern Cape....
NSFAS Backs Cash For Books, In Spite Of Concerns
In January 2019, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (Nsfas) introduced a cash system for allowances. Along with the payment of tuition, Nsfas-funded students...
