Imitation Nazi posters cause outrage at Stellenbosch University
On Tuesday, social media was in an uproar as images of slightly edited Nazi propaganda posters were circulated online. The posters have been put...
Rachel Dolezal isn’t transracial, she’s in blackface
When the Quest for a Non Racial South African Society Dialogue (QfNRSASD) poster was widely shared at the beginning of April, it wasn't because...
Failure to act: Will the real allies please stand up?
By now everyone has seen the horrific attack on the Asian man who was dragged off a United flight in Chicago. Time and time...
Renaldo Gouws took his twar with Sibu Mpanza too far
Correction: The Daily Vox has issued an apology to Renaldo Gouws. You can read it here.
Well-known South African YouTubers Renaldo Gouws and Sibu Mpanza...
We can’t be expected to unite with racists against Zuma
A Facebook page called “Impeach the leech - Zuma Must Fall†is calling for South Africans “to come together and help us get rid...
The opportunity of the moment for white people, and how not...
As civic action momentum builds in the wake of last week’s events, Hilton Johnson thought it apt to share a couple of thoughts as...
It’s time to take a stand against your own, Mmusi
Nothing good came out of colonialism. It was thoroughly evil. Nothing good came out of apartheid. It was thoroughly wicked. Anyone who tries to...
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...
Why we cannot justify the actions of the white man at...
This long weekend once again saw Facebook explode with racial tension. Angry BLACK WOMAN vs Angry WHITE MAN. So many opinions littered across every...
Spur people – with a taste for white male violence
We’ve all seen that video of a white man physically and verbally threatening black women and children at the Texamo Spur ranch at The...
Colonialism wasn’t all bad – oh wait, it was, my bad...
It’s been three months since Helen Zille last set Twitter aflame with some borderline racist comment, so clearly we were overdue for another off-colour...
Give resistance wings: opposing the whitewashing of Israel’s racism and anti-blackness
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 Story of South African Cricket, from its tragedies to triumphs
Ashwin Desai's newest book, Reverse Sweep: A Story of Post-Apartheid South African Cricket is a compelling read. It traces the history of cricket in...
Publisher of racist book’s attempts at redemption rejected
A children’s book that sparked outrage across the country because of its racist representation of coloured culture is a prime example of good intentions...
Coloured stereotype uproar amplifies calls for publisher transformation
The need for black and coloured-owned book publishers has once again risen after Logogog, a Johannesburg-based book company, was accused of publishing a book...
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,...
#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...
It is remembering, not looking away, that will help America deal...
Ruth Hopkins reflects on her recent visit to the United States of America, where processes of truth telling reminded her of its history of...
Young filmmakers shine at the Abantu Book Festival
The Abantu Book Festival kicked off this week at Soweto’s Eyethu Lifestyle Centre. On Friday afternoon The Youth Filmmaker project (which provides young graduates...
A case for calling in and calling out, because we all...
Pro-black struggles should be inclusive and affirmative of all black identities. Mwinji Siame argues that black leaders, particularly men, need to be “called inâ€...
