UCT’s New Inclusivity Policy For Sexual Orientation: What Students Think
The launch of UCT's Inclusivity Policy for Sexual Orientation has come during a time of relative calm at the institution. After a lengthy consultative...
Black students are still a long, long way from being free...
MALAIKA EYOH, a grade 12 student at Pretoria High School for Girls, points out that while the media attention following protests at the school has...
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...
When we prioritise books over people, we only create new symbols...
A library went up in flames, and it’s all some of us can think about. For those who attended UKZN, like myself, it's personal. These...
It’s time we redefined masculinity as the LGBTQIA+ community
Society's definition of masculinity and what a man should be has created a huge divide within the LGBTQIA+ community that needs serious attention. Traditional...
There’s a F***-up at Wits and management is having none of...
A Wits student, Zama Mthunzi, is due to appear before the South African Human Rights Commission this week for wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with...
Students Are Not “Committing Suicide”, Universities Are Killing Us
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I first went into a psychiatric ward when I was eighteen. I struggled with serious depression and had attempted suicide. At that age I...
Bleed the beloved country: #WorthBleedingFor campaign seeks to make pads more...
The #WorthBleedingFor campaign, started by Amnesty International WITS, brings to light the struggle of menstruating South African women. They are circulating a petition calling for...
White Liberals Can’t Escape Scrutiny
The attention and political discourse that is emerging as a result of the recent racist outbursts like that of Adam Catzavelos, Vicki Momberg, Penny...
Palestinian Water Expert: SA Does Not Need Israeli Water Expertise
The water crisis in Cape Town is due to mismanagement, water expert and Palestinian citizen of Israel Mustafa Abu Raiya said in a Facebook...
Yumna Moosa’s superiors are still trying to prove her as incompetent
Dr Yumna Moosa, whose video about harassment and racism at a public hospital went viral last week said the support she’s received since publishing...
Oxfam’s Admission of Sexual Abuse In Haiti Points To Deeply Entrenched...
The international NGO sector is a multibillion dollar industry and one vital to the survival, stabilisation and reconstruction of communities globally, but what happens...
Xenophobia Permeates All Levels Of South African Politics
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader, Julius Malema made news headlines a few weeks ago when he questioned whether former president Jacob Zuma's children Duduzane...
Under-Resourced Blind Cricket Is Growing In SA
Blind Cricket South Africa (BCSA) is an organisation, partially affiliated with Cricket South Africa. BCSA represents South Africa in blind cricket which is a...
Flow Wellington’s Poems On Arriving In Johannesburg
Flow Wellington, (Selome Payne) is the director of self-publishing institute, Poetree Publications. She is also a published poet. Her latest poet anthology, Gau-trained tells...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Ducks Questions On Transphobia
After almost an hour delay, acclaimed Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie arrived at the Abantu Book Festival on Friday afternoon. Adichie was in conversation...
Arundhati Roy on writing, fighting and… anti-blackness?
On 1 July, ELLE India featured the extraordinary author Arundhati Roy as the cover woman of the magazine’s July issue, in which she was...
Asijiki Coalition: Decriminalise Sex To End Workers’ Agony
"Sex workers are being persecuted everywhere for doing the only work that can help them make ends meet. Decriminalisation would not only help them...
‘Apartheid Flag Is Hate Speech’ – Nelson Mandela Foundation
On Tuesday, arguments were heard in the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s case before the Equality Court that displaying the apartheid-era flag of South Africa should...
Racist St John’s teacher resigns after pressure from education MEC
A geography teacher at St John’s College (SJC) in Johannesburg, Keith Arlow, resigned on Friday for making racist comments and “bringing the school into...
