Panyaza Lesufi Is Gauteng Education MEC Again
On Wednesday, David Makhura the incoming premier of Gauteng announced his new administration and shuffled Panyaza Lesufi out of the education portfolio. He will...
Student groups condemn goose-step, Hitler salute at Wits
A Wits University student was filmed on Thursday performing a goose-step and Nazi strong-arm salute on campus. This comes at the end of the...
The top five issues Kenyan youth want addressed now
Acording to statistics from thinktank youthpolicy.org, 75% of the Kenyan population is below 30 years old. They are considered the future of the country,...
#ValhallaMosque: When white supremacy is threatened by prayer
The conflict over the construction of the Valhalla Mosque in Pretoria is more than just an isolated display of religious intolerance. It speaks of...
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: When sports fans get mean, it’s just not cricket
I have never written a book but I am a lover of literature. I am not a chef but I enjoy fine dining. And...
Maytha Alhassen And Natalia Molebatsi On Afro-Palestinian Solidarity
"We have to speak about our solidarity with the people of Palestine. It is urgent and it is important," South African poet and writer...
From birds’ nests to being told to fix afros – people...
What happened at Pretoria High School for Girls is but an example of the lived experiences of discrimination against African hair in schools. But...
‘We don’t understand that body shaming is a shame itself’
Body shaming can have a lasting-impact on a person's life. Many women face scrutiny over their skin tone, weight and shape when they don't...
Eating out in Cape Town: a starter of racism, anyone?
Following a string of much-publicised racist incidents in public spaces around Cape Town last year, criticism of the city as a hub for racism...
ConCourt Prevents Attempt To Change Stellenbosch Uni Back To Afrikaans
On Thursday, the Constitutional Court found that the language policy adopted by the University of Stellenbosch in 2016, to prefer English over Afrikaans as...
Betrayal: a poem on ‘unappointable’ black women in academia
On 9 December, the Council of the University of Cape Town appointed Lis Lange to the position of Deputy Vice Chancellor (DVC): Teaching and...
Northcliff High concession cards likened to apartheid dompas
A prominent Johannesburg high school has ended its practice of issuing students with passes if they deviated from the official school uniform.
This month, Muslim...
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...
Kafka’s Ape Is A Window Into The Sunken Place
The irony of being a black man and playing an ape in the current dispensation is not lost on actor Tony Miyambo, writes ITUMELENG...
Inxeba proves how heteronormativity feels uncomfortable when challenged
I have been paying attention to the conversation around the premier of Inxeba, a movie that looks at how gay black men are marginalised...
#TotalShutDown in Durban: “I Am Here To Send A Strong Message”
On Wednesday scores of women and gender non-conforming people marched in the streets of Durban to the City Hall over violence against women and...
Pippa Tshabalala on #ICON2016 and sexism in the gaming industry
With "South Africa's longest running comics and games convention", #ICON2016 starting on Friday, we caught up with one of gaming’s most well-known faces - PIPPA...
Local Psychology College’s Curriculum Perpetuates Transphobia
Most of us are aware of the fact that homosexuality was thought of as immoral and even categorised as a mental illness until some...
So can black people be racist?
The last few months have exposed the loopholes of the fabled rainbow nation. We've been reminded of the structural faults beneath the image of black and white...
