The pitfalls of celebrating Eid in corporate South Africa
The world’s one billion plus Muslims will wear their best, festively transform their tables, and offer their obligatory charity. Their eventual goal is for...
In his own words: Imtiaz Sooliman on the current situation in...
We spoke to Gift of the Givers founder Dr Imtiaz Sooliman about the expanding Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. This is what he said.
“What...
From UJ: How we are transforming the university to respond to...
Issues of gender and sexuality have been strongly debated in South Africa’s new democracy. From the National Women’s Coalition (NWC) in the early 1990s...
A brutal time when police were heroes, not villains
Police brutality is once again in the spotlight after SA rugby player, Lindani Myeni, was gunned down by US police. Angelo Louw, who recently...
In Photos: South Africa stands in solidarity with Palestine
South African civil society organisations and trade unions gathered outside the Israeli trade office on Tuesday to express solidarity with the people of Palestine...
Eid under lockdown: South African Muslims share their stories
Eid-ul-Fitr is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. It’s a day marked by a special morning prayer...
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...
NEWSFLASH: Adam Habib to resume position as SOAS director following investigation
The University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies board of trustees have announced director Adam Habib will resume his duties there on...
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...
Zulaikha Patel wants to inspire young women with her first book
Zulaikha Patel was just 13-years-old when images of her protesting against her school’s racist hair policies became news. That protest inspired a wider protest...
Students are walking from KZN to Gauteng for higher education
In 2019, Walk4Access, a group of people from the University of Pretoria (UP) walked from Cape Town to Pretoria. Their aim was to raise...
In her own words: UCT student on returning to campus after...
On the morning of April 18, a fire started near Rhodes Memorial, Devil’s Peak in Table Mountain National Park. Driven by strong winds, it...
Doctors Without Borders – Drawing Lessons from South Africa’s Second wave,...
A third wave is coming, and South Africa needs to prepare.
Drawing on the experience of responding to the second COVID-19 wave in seven hospitals...
Skemerdans is a shimmering light on Cape Town’s underbelly
Skemerdans is a neo-noir murder mystery set on the Cape flats, set for release on Thursday, 28th of April. It is set at the...
Jagger Reading Room: the historical cost of Cape Town’s fires
On the morning of 18 April 2021, a fire started near Rhodes Memorial, Devil's Peak in Table Mountain National Park. Driven by strong winds,...
Students launch legal challenge to NSFAS time limit rule
Students are calling on the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and the department of higher education (DHET) to suspend a decision to decline...
Marikana settlement residents begin rebuilding
After a fire ripped through 49 households in the Marikana informal settlement in Cato Crest, the community is beginning to rebuild.
Read more: Marikana settlement...
No to benches to memorialise forced removals from Simonstown
Ling Shepherd visited Simonstown to see a new set of benches commissioned to commemorate the forced removal of Black and Coloured people from the...
Extract: Nation on the Couch
Professor Wahbie Long’s Nation on the Couch explores life in our beloved country through the lens of psychoanalysis. By focusing on the idea of...
UCT will remain closed until April 23
The University of Cape Town has been forced to further suspend its academic programme.
After an initial assessment of the damage caused by the wildfires...
