Student Leaders On How Robert Sobukwe Influenced Fees Must Fall
The 27th of February marks 40 years since the death of Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) founder Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe. He was originally a part...
The Camissa museum challenges existing narratives of people classified as “Coloured”
The Camissa Museum challenges the colonial and Apartheid narratives of those classified as "Coloured" and explores the true history of the establishment of the...
The District Six museum is more than just a museum, it’s...
In the heart of the former inner-city residential area and in an old Methodist church in Cape Town, the District Six Museum has been...
Young People On Mandela: He Could Have Done More For Us
The African National Congress (ANC) launched its Nelson Mandela Centenary celebrations on Sunday, 11 February. The purpose of this celebration is to commemorate the...
We Are Here Because You Were There
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I really did not want my essay for a writing contest to be about colonialism in 2019. But what to do when we live...
Solomon Mahlangu: A hero of our youth
Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu was hanged on this day 38 years ago.
He was wrongfully charged with two counts of murder and three charges under the...
Mam’ Nomzamo Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s Legacy Is Still A Site Of Struggle
South Africa, is a country that is inhibited by ghosts trying to find their homes and it is a country that knows no justice....
Malema might have a point about South African Indian people
After Ecnomic Freedom Fighters commander-in-chief Julius Malema made controversial comments about Indian people during the party's 4th anniversary celebrations in Durban on July 29,...
Celebrating Mam’ Albertina Sisulu In The Hundredth Year Of Her Birth
Chanting "Wathint` abafazi, Strijdom! Wathint` imbokodo uzo kufa!" outside the Union Buildings 62 years ago, it was Albertina Sisulu and other women anti-apartheid activists...
Born Frees and Nelson Mandela: The Kids Don’t Understand Their Father
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The Born Free Generation is 25 years old. I will be 25 in September. We were the ones who were born in 1994, the...
Unlearning Gandhi: A South African Narrative
South Africans are excessively familiar with the history of Mahatma Gandhi for many reasons.
The historic train incident that happened at a railway station in...
Jaki Seroke, PAC Stalwart: “The Struggle Can Only Be Led By...
"In my view Sobukwe would have changed South Africa a little bit better than what it is now," PAC stalwart Jaki Seroke said in...
How Art Is A Tool For Social Justice
When we consider ways to initiate social change we frequently favour legislative changes and enactments. We think of political activism and agitation as mechanisms...
Maytha Alhassen And Natalia Molebatsi On Afro-Palestinian Solidarity
"We have to speak about our solidarity with the people of Palestine. It is urgent and it is important," South African poet and writer...
Remembering PAC anti-pass activist Philip Kgosana (1936-2017)
Former student leader and PAC activist Philip Kgosana has died. He was 81. Kgosana is best known for mobilising students in anti-pass protests in...
Love, hope and life lessons in Always Another Country
Sisonke Msimang’s memoir, Always Another Country, is finally here and what a treat it is. Always Another Country contextualises the struggles of Msimang’s freedom...
“A Home on Vorster Street” is capturing history
An excuse not to return to practising law and a desire to capture her family’s history. That’s the reason why Razina Theba wrote A...
Steve Biko’s letter and the sale of SA’s heritage to the...
On 28 October, one of Europe's leading autograph and manuscript auction houses will be selling a piece of South African heritage that should be...
A heritage of loss: Address Unknown and a second wave of...
Address Unknown is a short fictional film about one man’s search for his childhood friend who he lost track of after being displaced from...
Documentary Filmmaker Enver Samuel on elevating unsung heroes through film
Dulcie September was a South African anti-apartheid political activist. She was assassinated in Paris on the 29th of March 1988. The 2021 documentary, Murder...