“Our schools undervalue blackness and focus more on containing us than...
The 28th of August 2016 marked a turning point at Pretoria High School for Girls. In a school where stories of racism and injustice...
#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...
Ruth First 2016: Our reflections on rage and violence
The Ruth First Memorial Lecture was, once again, extraordinary. Each speaker presenting on the theme, “Rage and Violence in our Politics†produced papers that...
The DA is not an alternative to the ANC
Wandile Ngcaweni feels the DA is the vanguard of white privilege in South Africa, and is not a viable alternative to the ANC.
The rise...
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...
“Unveiled” play attempts to combat xenophobia and foster understanding
Originally written and produced by Chicago-based writer, Rohina Malik, the play, Unveiled opened at the Wits Theatre on Friday 15 July as a part...
#BlackLivesMatter: How do you call for help when the “help” is...
SAMUEL AVILAS writes from New York, where the #BlackLivesMatter protests have almost become a routine following the revelations of the deaths of black men...
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...
So, what’s the best way to teach children about the history...
A private school in Johannesburg has clarified accusations that it had forced black students to carry a dompas as part of a school project.
Nandi...
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...
Muslim and ZCC students forced to remove religious head coverings at...
In light of the #RespekTheDoek campaign, reports of two incidents of students being asked to remove their head coverings have emerged at the NWU...
Do you even know Bongani Madondo?
He's launched a new book and he's 🔥🔥 🔥 but who is he?
1. He writes for himself
Madondo doesn’t try to appease a particular market, whether his readers...
What are the transformation targets of SA sports?
Another year and the same battle continues. Transformation. Some think it's a waste of time, others think it's "reverse racism". Others still, like Afriforum...
Eusebius shows us we need academic justice as much as we...
This is the prepared text of the 2016 DCS Oosthuizen Academic Freedom Memorial Lecture that was delivered by Eusebius Mckaiser at the university currently...
UWC students respond to Prof Xolela Mangcu
Self-indulgent Professor Xolela Mangcu misread our protest, write Nangamso Bomvana, Ncedisa Mpemnyama and Marx Mtoto.
On Thursday the 26th of May, the Centre for Humanities...
The final word on #TipGate and the bullied white waitress by...
The official statement.Â
Over the past three weeks, there has been a national and international uproar about what has now come to be known as...
5 more racist ads that will make you go WTF
People are freaking out over a Chinese laundry detergent ad – and rightfully so, because it's kind of explicitly racist. But, sadly, it's not...
Decolonisation must begin at schools
I am a student at the university currently known as Rhodes. Our struggle for decolonisation remains urgent, and unfulfilled. Meanwhile, the struggle for decolonisation...
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...
This Is Why You Should Never Compare Black People To Monkeys
On Tuesday, The Times published a cartoon by Jonathan Shapiro, better known as Zapiro, which depicted the NPA's Shaun Abrahams as a monkey doing...
