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...
Snuff, sex and stigma
A couple of weeks ago, the Zulu language paper Isolezwe set tongues wagging with a story about the use of snuff by students at...
In a country of many stories, the elderly tell theirs
UYANDA SIYOTULA says it is the elderly, those who have seen and heard it all and have their stories to tell, who will tell the great South African story.
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...
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...
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...
Remembering Rhodes, Neglecting SA’s Freedom Fighters
I've never paid much attention to Cecil John Rhodes, but his presence is entrenched in my city. Rhodes Memorial is one of Cape Town's...
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...
The problem isn’t black hair, it’s racist schools
"The problem is that people do not understand black people's natural hair and they don't understand what it takes for a black girl's...
#SowetoAttacks and the far-off dream of reconciliation in SA
I was raised in a culture where we treat elders with the utmost of respect, no matter who they are. So last week, when...
It’s not just Stellenbosch University that needs to “luister”
The frustration and dissent expressed by the Open Stellenbosch movement are shared by students at NWU-Pukke, but they don’t see change coming any time soon,...
Andile Mngxitama’s State of the Nation Address
When EFF leader Julius Malema stood up in Parliament at the 2015 State of the Nation Address (Sona) and said, “It is my right...
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...
Lwandle: One month after the evictions
A month ago, the eviction site at Nomzamo, near Lwandle in Strand, was a wreck of broken down shacks and displaced people. Over 800...
