Allegations of anti-Semitism at Wits as graffiti calling to “Kill a...
On Tuesday night, it emerged that graffiti saying “fuck the Jews†and “kill a Jew†had been found at Wits University. The university and...
It is the system itself that is violent
Sam Van Heerden says that if we do not see the hypocrisy in raging against damage done to property while being wholly indifferent to the...
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...
Casting students as irrationally violent stinks of racism
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...
What are students demanding from #FeesMustFall?
Students around the country have taken to campuses and the streets to call for free education. However, student groups at different universities are not united...
The complexities of borrowed privilege
Gosiame Legoale says that those who live in close proximity to privilege need to interrogate their behaviours.
Proximity to privilege comes with complimentary blinkers and...
A prayer for Wits, in four verses
The University of Witwatersrand will reopen on Monday 10 October, amidst more security, and a continuing impasse between students and management. Wits academic DANAI MUPOTSA is saying a...
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...
Five ways black bodies resisted conforming to old white traditions in...
The year of asinavalo has come with nothing short of dololo chill. Black bodies have resisted assimilation and conformity with white traditions in various...
We need to be asking why people burn shit down
JARED SACKS asks us to suspend our anger, judgement and moralising over the burning of property at UKZN this week, and ask why someone...
When we prioritise books over people, we only create new symbols...
A library went up in flames, and it’s all some of us can think about. For those who attended UKZN, like myself, it's personal. These...
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...
It’s Time For Ex-Model C Schools To Stop Focusing On Rugby...
LAURENCE STEWART says that a tragedy continues to be played out in the name of tradition and value at the stubborn ex-Model C schools...
From birds’ nests to being told to fix afros – people...
What happened at Pretoria High School for Girls is but an example of the lived experiences of discrimination against African hair in schools. But...
A letter to John Robbie, for everyone else who heard that...
Dear John,
I listened to your radio show on 29 August 2016, in which you interviewed Mishka Wazar, journalist and former pupil of Pretoria Girls’...
Zulaikha Patel: How We All Wish We Were You
I don't think I have ever seen anything quite like it.
The little girl - now known to all as Zulaikha Patel - standing in...
#DecoloniseSchooling: we need to talk about the violence “elite” schools perpetuate
#StopRacismAtPretoriaGirlsHigh has reopened a can of worms for many of us who attended private and ex-model C schools. If I'm honest, this was likely...
PE high school is the latest hit by accusations of racism
It was just yesterday that an investigation was launched at a girls school following allegations of racism and prejudice by the school and its...
Old Girls pledge their support for learners at Pretoria High School...
We, alumni of Pretoria High School for Girls stand in solidarity with the bold and courageous learners of the school, who have spoken out...
Education MEC to probe high school following girls’ outcry
Pretoria High School for Girls will be investigated by Gauteng Department of Education authorities following allegations of racism against the institution.
“You have my support,...
