5 Women Who Fought Racists And Patriarchs For Our Freedom
The liberation struggle is saturated with images of men who fought against the apartheid state for our political freedom, to the exclusion of women....
Max Du Preez: On Fighting Against Apartheid As Media
From the late 70s to the early 90s, South Africa saw some truly turbulent times. Journalist and social commentator Max Du Preez was at...
‘Five Fingers For Marseilles’ Is A Haunting Meditation On Failure
"Why did you come back? Once you turned the world upside down and ran. Now you are here and it starts again."
What happens after...
Haji Mohamed Dawjee Writes What She Likes In Sorry Not Sorry
The title of Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko's compilation of writings called I Write What I Like has become a slogan of sorts. It...
K-pop Idols And Blackface: It’s Not Okay!
It's not easy being a fan when the idols you adore display blatantly offensive behaviour. As fans, we have a responsibility to call out...
What Being A Black Muslim Woman Means
"It;s not easy being a black Muslim woman - especially in hijab. It's sort of like people want to create an identity for you,"health...
Israel Is An Apartheid State
In our second op-ed for Israeli Apartheid Week, ALIE KOMAPE takes a look at how Israel’s racism and apartheid tactics oppress and violate not...
Empire Files: 10 Shocking Ways Israel Mistreats Africans
The Zionist state is not only about the creation of a Jewish state but also about creating a white supremacist state. Notwithstanding their...
How Anti-Racism Week’s Campaign Fails To Get To The Root Of...
On Tuesday, the Anti-Racism Network South Africa (ARNSA) launched the official 2018 Anti-Racism Week which is to take place from 14 to 21 March...
Professor Neil Roos: How Ordinary Whites Were Caught In Apartheid Society
To understand the history of the ideology of race, and fighting racism to eventually reach the utopia of non-racialism, we need to understand and...
5 Things You Never Knew About Black Revolutionary Robert Sobukwe
Forty years ago on this day, February 27, Mangaliso Robert Sobukwe passed away. Sobukwe was a prominent South African political dissident who founded the...
Oxfam’s Admission of Sexual Abuse In Haiti Points To Deeply Entrenched...
The international NGO sector is a multibillion dollar industry and one vital to the survival, stabilisation and reconstruction of communities globally, but what happens...
Venal Naidu On His ‘Date My Family’ Appearance That Had So...
Tweeps have expressed disappointment with the families which featured in Mzansi’s favourite dating show Date My Family, this past Sunday, 18 February. The featured...
Rantso Mokopane On How The NWU Attack Happened
Twenty-two-year-old Thabang Mosiako, a South African athletics champion who was due to fly to Algeria for the CAA African Cross Country Championships in March...
Kafka’s Ape Is A Window Into The Sunken Place
The irony of being a black man and playing an ape in the current dispensation is not lost on actor Tony Miyambo, writes ITUMELENG...
The Color Purple Musical is a must-see for all
The Broadway-staged The Color Purple musical had its opening performance with an all South African cast at the Joburg Theatre on Sunday and The...
Who is Ahed Tamimi and why should South Africans care?
The trip I took to Palestine in December 2014 granted me the opportunity to better understand what life under Israeli occupation looked and felt...
Severus Snape Is Not The Hero You Think He Is
Just a disclaimer before I start - I am a huge Potterhead. I have lived and breathed all of the Harry Potter books for...
The challenges of publishing in isiZulu are overcome by Izinkanyezi Ezintsha
English literature student Wade Smit, 23, from the University of Cape Town English, recently launched an isiZulu publishing company called Kwasukela Books. Smit has...
In defense of trashing H&M
The Economic Freedom Fighter protest against H&M stores in South Africa has caused controversy both locally and overseas. People are calling their actions “unnecessary...
