Berea evictions are one of many, but we forget
Most of us find comfort during the bitter Johannesburg winter from knowing that we have a warm place to return to every night. However,...
Female journalists: dealing with harassment is part of the job
Imagine having to take a friend to work because that is the only way you can avoid harassment. Sounds silly, but that is what...
In uMlazi, fear and tension is rising after foreign shop owners...
uMlazi, the second-biggest township in the country, is where two Ethiopians suffered third-degree burns after about 30 people attacked them with petrol bombs during...
Humanities students suffer in the education hierarchy
The government is intent on improving the quality and number of maths and science learners. This is a noble aim, but it shouldn't come...
“We will stay here anyway, we have nowhere else to go.â€
On Sunday the eThekweni Municipality destroyed dozens of homes in Cato Crest, which it said had been built illegally on land earmarked for housing. RUMANA...
Waiting for the #Brixton141 to be released, I learned to be...
GOOLAM SAYNEDS was outside the Brixton police station on Saturday as protesting workers and students who were jailed on Friday afternoon were released. He learned...
Don’t sweep Lwandle under the rug
RA'EESA PATHERÂ reflects on her time reporting from the Nomzamo informal settlement near Lwandle in Strand, where hundreds of people have been displaced following a...
Land grabs in Philippi: “We are afraid of being evictedâ€
Over the past week, scores of informal settlers from around Cape Town moved to occupy areas of land near the Marikana Land Occupation in...
Ahoy there! Which way for the Cape?
RA’EESA PATHER read the Institute of Security Studies “FuturesCape Policy Briefâ€. It’s left her with more questions than answers.
Xenophobia: let’s not forget that many foreign nationals are refugees
We call the victims of xenophobic attacks foreign nationals, but I won’t do that here. The term “foreign†nationals creates a bigoted binary of us and...
Does Zuma really put his money where his mouth is?
UYANDA SIYOTULA writes to the Sunday Times about an article that appeared in the paper reporting President Zuma is doling out cash on the campaign trail.
The “service delivery” euphemism
From stoic police justice to the supposedly illegal protestors, what happened to the story of humans, asks RA'EESA PATHER
Feed A Child: A dogged pursuit
RA'EESA PATHER ponders the PR disaster that was the Feed A Child advert.
At some point there must have been a "eureka!'' moment. After deliberation,...
Can we really say there is hope for the youth?
Despite the problem of unemployment and a seemingly bleak outlook when it comes to jobs for the youth, UYANDA SIYOTULA feels the government is headed in the right direction.
Gaza solidarity march: No “right of admission reserved”Â
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When I heard that 100,000 people were expected to march for Gaza in Cape Town I...
I blamed myself but my focus was misplaced
"Silly me, of course I shouldn't have been walking around in Braamfontein so late." PONTSHO PILANE reflects on the harassment she's had to deal...
FIVE ways to get the youth to register to vote
Our Durban reporter, RUMANA AKOOB has some advice for the IEC.
My experience with Israeli security forces
Hearing Democratic Alliance MP Yusuf Cassim speak of his experiences of racial profiling at the hands of Israeli security forces reminded AAISHA DADI PATEL...
The elders need not worry: young voters are taking a stand
PONTSHO PILANE spent election day in line at the Wits University voting station. And, despite, the rhetoric that describes the born-free generation as apathetic, she...
Why do we vote?
RA’EESA PATHER reflects on the conversations she’s had with Capetonians during the last weekend of voter registration.
