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...
Beauty salon need a sales boost? Why not just body shame...
The latest marketing campaign from Sorbet Group, which describes itself as being "at the forefront of professional grooming, for women and men" since 2005,...
Prof. Achille Mbembe on racism in South Africa in 2016 is...
Speaking on Tuesday at a seminar hosted by the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism, and supported by the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation and the...
Silence is another language white people must learn
KIM HELLER feels that the defence of racist discourse as freedom of speech exposes the oppression of whiteness.
Zapiro’s spew of racist cartoons, which is...
The Rohingya crisis: a humanitarian disaster in Myanmar
Myanmar is home to an estimated 1.1 million Rohingya, a persecuted Muslim minority. Numerous sources both inside and outside the country have reported horrific...
Making excuses for racism: “This is how Whiteness operates”
The furore over allegations of racism at the 12 Apostles' Azure restaurant is beginning to calm down, but in its wake, some South Africans...
Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fire Gives A Nuanced View Into The State’s...
The current political climate is such that anti-immigration and Islamophobic right-wing policies are fast gaining traction. From this climate emerges Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire,...
Public Employment Programmes Can Turn The GBV Tide
Communities and public employment programmes in particular, have a critical role to play in the fight against gender-based violence, writes PALESA MATABOGE.
This is...
Joburg’s Mayor Stays Being Xenophobic, This Time In Rwanda
This past week, the City of Johannesburg executive mayor Herman Mashaba was in Kigali, Rwanda to attend a panel at the Mo Ibrahim Foundation's...
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...
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...
Emmanuel Macron can’t seem to stop his Africa gaffes
French President Emmanuel Macron seems determined to carry on the proud tradition of Western leaders making the worst comments about the people of Africa,...
“In The Infrastructure And The Law, There Is Apartheid Towards The...
The year 2018 marks 70 years since the declaration of the state of Israel and the horrendous acts it committed to cement its territorial...
Cages, coffins, petitions, and other fucked up shit black people deal...
Black people are used to getting the raw end of the deal. For centuries black and brown bodies have been beaten, lynched, arrested, tried,...
After Women’s Month, Women And Children Are Still Dying
It is the end of Women's Month in South Africa, and for me it still feels like being a woman in South Africa is...
Why Obama’s Speech Did Not Give Us Feels
You could hear a pin drop as former US president Barack Obama delivered the 16th annual Nelson Mandela lecture at the Wanderers Stadium on...
Poverty, power and greed leave people with albinism prone to black...
"Growing up, we were told that people with albinism are different from us and the common perception was that they don't die, they disappear,"...
Durban’s queer community, assemble! It’s Pride time
This Saturday, the Gugu Dlamini Park will host the 7th annual Durban Pride and Liberation Parade, which celebrates the queer community of KwaZulu-Natal.
Durban is...
#BlackoutClifton: disrupting Cape Town’s whitest spaces
Over the past two weeks, posters titled “Blackout Cape Town†have been circulating on social media, calling for an occupation of Clifton Beach and...
Gauteng education’s court battle with an ‘Afrikaans-only’ school
The Gauteng department of education is in court over a placement controversy at an Afrikaans school. The school is trying to overturn a department...
