Keep calm and let the students disrupt injustice: a response to...
As township struggle seeps into elite spaces such as the university, many privileged academics and university managers have become terrified of what they perceive...
“In those few hours, we felt like we could breatheâ€
With #ForBlackGirlsOnly Johannesburg just around the corner, racist and sexist assaults on the necessity of a safe space for black women abound. KABURA NGANGA...
“Black Muslims are getting tired of being considered less of a...
At the end of 2015, the hashtag #BlackInMSA went viral on social media, sparking a conversation around the experiences of black Muslims as they...
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...
Those times Gareth Cliff pushed the limits and got away with...
South African self-styled “shock-jock†Gareth Cliff’s response to the #PennySparrow debacle and the ensuing debates on criminalisation of hate speech was to declare: "People...
It’s the brazenness of Penny Sparrow’s racism that shocks us
Within hours of Penny Sparrow posting a racist diatribe on Facebook bemoaning the dirty escapades of black people on a Durban beach, she has...
It’s 2016 and racists must be schooled
South Africans have had enough – they’re calling out racists where they see them, most often on social media. And racists would do well to...
Dear black man, do better
Some men are quick to speak out against racism, but perpetuate sexism and rape culture at every turn. PONTSHO PILANE is sick of it.
“Comrades,...
16 days of f***ing activism
Despite years of "16 days of activism", women still face rampant violence and discrimination at every turn, women-hating men are still given a free...
The media sells black pain: a woman’s experience from #FeesMustFall
The media has been criticised for the way it portrayed students in the #FeesMustFall protests as “ungrateful hooligans†but few have criticised the manner...
Woolworths parody account inflames Twitter users
AÂ Twitter account that goes by @WOOLWORST_SAÂ has infuriated some Woolworths shoppers with its inflammatory tweets, and left onlookers gleefully waiting for a social media blow-up....
Stellenbosch University answers to Parliament about racism allegations [video]
Stellenbosch University management on Tuesday appears before Parliament's portfolio committee on Higher Education and Training to report on its progress in bringing transformation to...
Five on-stage acts of racism – Jesus, twerking & the KKK
Racism is alive, well and kicking ever so freely in the music business. It seems it’s not enough to simply entertain a crowd these...
#SexistSA: Why isn’t SuperSport broadcasting the women’s soccer World Cup?
The Fifa women’s World Cup began last Friday in Canada, but how many South Africans are even aware of the event? We certainly aren’t...
“People tend to romanticise UCT, but you come across comments like...
The University of Cape Town has a stern anti-sexual harassment policy, but is it enforced? RA’EESA PATHER spoke to female students at the university...
All apologies at Woodstock bicycle store accused of racism
A journalist’s allegations of racism at a bicycle repair shop in Cape Town has turned the spotlight back on racial profiling in South Africa.
Dear...
Supporting Hitler to protest white racism is”dangerous territory” – Steven Friedman
It is dangerous to consider axed Wits SRC president Mcebo Dlamini's controversial admiration of Hitler as a contribution to the black struggle against racism....
#RhodesHasFallen: The students take their moment [photos]
On a hot Thursday evening, the statue of Cecil John Rhodes was finally removed from the University of Cape Town. It happened exactly one...
Weekly Dissident: On symbols and national heritage
In the Weekly Dissident today, Desmond Mlatha and Mphutlane wa Bofelo warn Rhodes Must Fall campaigners of the danger of using civil disobedience as...
India’s Daughter: why race still matters in feminism
Feminism, the “other F-wordâ€, is making a comeback in mainstream media. Over the last year many (female) celebrities were bombarded with the question “Are you feminist?â€...
