Redefining Masculinity The BTS Way
In an age where constructions of masculinity are stifling and destructive, Asian musicians are breaking barriers and redefining what it means to be "manly."...
Danish minister says giving Africans birth control will limit migration to...
It wasn’t enough that French President Macron believes Africa is a country, now a Danish minister believes contraceptives are the cure for Africa’s migration...
South African filmmaker thrown down the stairs by Airbnb host in...
A South African was the victim of an alleged racially-motivated attack by her Airbnb host in Amsterdam on 8 July.
Filmmaker Sibahle ‘Steve’ Nkumbi was...
Why your shirt shouldn’t say “fuck white people”
A video has popped up on YouTube by South African Renaldo Gouws who speaks about why wearing a shirt which says “Fuck white people,â€...
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...
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...
#SexistSA: “As a woman, l do not feel safe in everyday...
Living in a patriarchal and toxic world forces women to adapt to and normalise the experience of sexual harassment in order to adequately function....
It’s 2020 and Bantu Steve Biko is more relevant than ever
September 12 marks 43 years since the death of Bantu Stephen Biko. His murder robbed us of one of our greatest minds. But his...
Things Non-Black POC Need To Stop Doing
Racism is often thought of as something that exists within communities of a certain light colouring. However, contrary to that idea racists exists in...
#StopRacismAtPretoriaGirlsHigh is just one example of the frustration of black learners...
Where the blue of heaven is deepest. Every person who attended Pretoria High School for Girls knows the opening to the school song. But...
Help combat stigma and prejudice against SA Indian queer bodies
Research is underway to find out more about the Indian queer community in South Africa in order to fight persistent stigma against and social...
This junior doctor is exposing harassment and racism in our hospitals
Yumna Moosa, a graduate of the University of Cape Town, was working as an intern to earn her qualification as a medical doctor when she experienced...
Venal Naidu On His ‘Date My Family’ Appearance That Had So...
Tweeps have expressed disappointment with the families which featured in Mzansi’s favourite dating show Date My Family, this past Sunday, 18 February. The featured...
Palestinian young people’s future hangs in the balance
ActionAid SA's Katherine Robinson reflects on her recent visit to Palestine and the struggle of Palestinian youth. She says that this Youth Day, it...
Failure to act: Will the real allies please stand up?
By now everyone has seen the horrific attack on the Asian man who was dragged off a United flight in Chicago. Time and time...
30 things you need to know about the Palestine-Israel conflict
There is no shortage of debate around the semantics of the Palestine-Israel conflict. SELIN KARA, a British-born human rights activist, put together this useful...
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€...
Why Iran Matters to Africa
What do the human rights of minorities in Iran, in the Middle East, have to do with Africans, writes MAZIAR BAHARI.
I started to answer...
People with albinism need more medical assistance from government
Mafusi Tampe and Lebo Kgopane are a young couple living in Soweto with a boisterous eight-month-old girl. Both have albinism, and little Diteboho does...
Young Asylum Seekers’ Struggle Is The Same As Ours, As SA...
As we youth celebrate our freedom on a day that commemorates the rising up of young people against injustice, one can't help but think...
