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    Racism

    Spur altercation would have been acceptable – by apartheid standards

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    Black people are always being asked to call out racism, and women asked to call out sexism, but there is something intrinsically frightening about...

    #StopRacismAtPretoriaGirlsHigh is just one example of the frustration of black learners...

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    Where the blue of heaven is deepest. Every person who attended Pretoria High School for Girls knows the opening to the school song. But...

    SOAS students are petitioning for Adam Habib’s removal following his use...

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    Students at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) are calling for the removal of Adam Habib as the director...

    Coconut Kelz On Achieving The Right (White) Standard Of Beauty

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    BOOK EXTRACT When she was last spotted on the crossroads of Swart and Gevaar Roads, Coconut Kelz was drinking Woolies water and spreading her ‘truth...

    UKZN Is Still A Colonial Institution

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    COMMENT Last month, the Witness published a story of one Mr Vincent Luxolo Mtyende, a lecturer at the University of KwaZulu Natal, who according to...

    We need to be asking why people burn shit down

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    JARED SACKS asks us to suspend our anger, judgement and moralising over the burning of property at UKZN this week, and ask why someone...

    They Beat Us up Because We Disturbed Their Rugby Game

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    On Monday afternoon a group of protesters allegedly interrupted a rugby game at the University of Free State in a bid to draw attention...

    Blackfishing: The beauty trend that preys on black women

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    By Kelly Mutizira  Every few months, blackfishing and cultural appropriation become controversial topics. While cultural appropriation, at times also phrased cultural misappropriation, refers to a dominant...

    Racism at PMB Girls’ High goes further than the k-word

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    Alice Draper, who matriculated from Pietermaritzburg Girls' High School in 2015, reflects on the institutional racism at the school. She says that, despite regular...

    Eusebius shows us we need academic justice as much as we...

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    This is the prepared text of the 2016 DCS Oosthuizen Academic Freedom Memorial Lecture that was delivered by Eusebius Mckaiser at the university currently...

    Trashing of H&M stores in South Africa endorsed by EFF top...

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    Earlier on Saturday, EFF members were seen entering a series of H&M stores - including Sandton in Johannesburg and Century City in Cape Town...

    Coloured Man Running In The Suburbs

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    Racial profiling is still a common experience for people of colour living in predominantly white suburban neighbourhoods in South Africa. ANGELO C LOUW writes...

    Julius Malema – Populist, Not Public Intellectual

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    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...

    Casting students as irrationally violent stinks of racism

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    The topics of violence, non-violence and questions of what “legitimate” violence looks like have marked discussion about the #FeesMustFall protests. The general public - whether...

    Give resistance wings: opposing the whitewashing of Israel’s racism and anti-blackness

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    International Israeli Apartheid Week is once again upon us, and civil society organisations around the world are displaying solidarity with the Palestinian people, who...

    The decolonisation manifesto: Part 2 – Colonisation and the colonial subject

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    In the second part of a three-part series on decolonisation, Wanelisa Xaba says that in defiance of colonialism and white imagination, we must resist...

    So, what’s the best way to teach children about the history...

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    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...

    Three ways you can check your privilege and build social change

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    Power dynamics in social movements are important - they can either enable or disable them. In an article titled Tools for White Guys who...

    So can black people be racist?

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    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...

    What are the transformation targets of SA sports?

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    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...