Steve Biko’s letter and the sale of SA’s heritage to the...
On 28 October, one of Europe's leading autograph and manuscript auction houses will be selling a piece of South African heritage that should be...
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,...
When schools are too private for cultural diversity
Racism at schools has been in the national spotlight following protests over discriminatory hair regulations at Pretoria Girls High School in August, and South...
Khampepe report finds black students and staff still feel “excluded” at...
On November 10, the Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of Racism at Stellenbosch University Report (Khampepe report) was publicly released. The 184 page report...
Julius Malema – Populist, Not Public Intellectual
In the past few months, the educational achievements of many of South Africa's young politicians and activists have been celebrated. But a university degree...
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...
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...
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...
Debating White Feminism Amidst White Tears
On Thursday morning Vashna Jagarnath, a lecturer at the University Currently Known as Rhodes, Nelisa Ngqulana, communications manager at Activate!, and freelance journalist Louise...
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...
Spur altercation would have been acceptable – by apartheid standards
Black people are always being asked to call out racism, and women asked to call out sexism, but there is something intrinsically frightening about...
Reinforcing privilege – The tale of social capital
Graduation ceremonies are meant to mark the start of a new chapter where degrees equal opportunities. But entrenched structures of privilege mean that graduates...
#BlackMonday: Whither the political leadership?
That South Africa is a bitterly divided society is a trite observation, and those divisions must inevitably play out in how different groups interpret...
European Governments Play Politics With Refugee Lives
On June 10, Matteo Salvini, Italy's new far-right interior minister, said he would not allow the MV Aquarius to dock on the Italian coast....
‘Expel Israeli Ambassador To SA’: How SA Responded To Gaza Killings
From March 30, Gazans launched a six-week campaign, the "Great March of Return". They were demanding the right of Palestinian refugees and their descendants...
Coconut Kelz On Achieving The Right (White) Standard Of Beauty
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When she was last spotted on the crossroads of Swart and Gevaar Roads, Coconut Kelz was drinking Woolies water and spreading her ‘truth...
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...
We need a better action plan to combat racism in schools
Reports of racism in South African schools are common. The most recent report of racism was at Cornwall Hill College in Pretoria where learners...
A love letter to Faki Moshoeu
Wanelisa Xaba imagines what life in a deeply divided South Africa would have been like for 16-year-old Matlhomola "Faki: Moshoeu, had he not lost...
When will we stop dehumanising, othering and abusing the black body?
The outrage over the #PennySparrow saga has been loud and clear. But between the outrage and the anger for the obvious bigotry towards the...
