Racism is not just the k-word
Activist, KOKETSO MOETI, describes how black people's daily experiences of racism aren't just in the outward expressions and name-calling, but in daily language and...
Everyone from the EFF to the waitress’s mother has spoken out...
South Africa has been lit with the Ntokozo Qwabe #WaitressTip saga - R130, 000 in donations have been raised, and a petition to rescind Qwabe's scholarship...
The waitress that Qwabe refused to tip highlights her privilege in...
Ashleigh Schultz, the waitress that Ntokozo Qwabe refused to tip, has responded to the whole saga Facebook. She says that she is astonished that this...
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...
Editorial: Activism, racism, justice and white crocodile tears
Ntokozo Qwabe's Facebook post telling the story of how he and a group of friends refused to tip a white waitress provides us with...
#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...
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...
Human rights? What human rights? Rich people have more rights than...
On Monday, South Africa will be commemorating Human Rights Day under the theme of Anti-Racism. This annual public holiday is to remind South Africans...
7 things you should know from black writers on writing about...
On Wednesday evening, writers Panashe Chigumadzi and Eusebius McKaiser headed a panel at the Time of the Writer festival entitled "Why Must a Black...
Mishka Hoosen at Time of the Writer 2016
This year's Time of the Writer festival has already served up fascinating conversations about what exactly knowledge is, and how we relate to books....
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...
#SeeIsraelForYourself: “It’s not apartheid. It’s worse.”
ITANI RASALANAVHO is a 31-year-old law student based in Soweto who has travelled to the West Bank in Palestine and seen the reality of...
#29DaysOfBlackCosplay is another fight back against racism
The hashtag #29DaysOfBlackCosplay, which did the rounds throughout February celebrates the excellence of black cosplayers. For those of you who don't know, cosplaying is the practice...
If You Are A White South African, Please Read This
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I was really, really scared to put this online. But that fear, is the exact reason why I am doing it, writes LISA GOLDEN.
Yesterday...
They Beat Us up Because We Disturbed Their Rugby Game
On Monday afternoon a group of protesters allegedly interrupted a rugby game at the University of Free State in a bid to draw attention...
It’s easy for the ANC to use race as a campaign...
On Friday, the ANC in an act of absurdity, marched against itself. The ANC (movement) will have an anti-racism march to deliver a memorandum to the...
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€...
Responses to #Shackville: is it time to put South Africa in...
Students who set “historic paintings†ablaze at the University of Cape Town on Tuesday have been criticised for their actions, as if being homeless...
What happened when I tried to interview a black man who...
QINISO MBILI discovered he had no choice but to nod along to the vitriol – because there is some sense to it.
It is exhausting...
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...
